diff --git a/plugins/linkit_plugins/linkit-plugin-entity.class.php b/plugins/linkit_plugins/linkit-plugin-entity.class.php
index 3e80b0e29b7bf26a11fd319cc96122e9a495d34b..b9fb62f892d1f4c70ea4f91dc4f16708c6e04de6 100644
--- a/plugins/linkit_plugins/linkit-plugin-entity.class.php
+++ b/plugins/linkit_plugins/linkit-plugin-entity.class.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class LinkitPluginEntity extends LinkitPlugin {
    * Build the label that will be used in the search result for each row.
    */
   function buildLabel($entity) {
-    return entity_label($this->plugin['entity_type'], $entity);
+    return check_plain(entity_label($this->plugin['entity_type'], $entity));
   }
 
   /**