diff --git a/main/exercise/exercise.class.php b/main/exercise/exercise.class.php
index 864fb4bb67..c1267c25b8 100755
--- a/main/exercise/exercise.class.php
+++ b/main/exercise/exercise.class.php
@@ -8229,7 +8229,7 @@ class Exercise
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    private function getUnformattedTitle()
+    public function getUnformattedTitle()
     {
         return strip_tags(api_html_entity_decode($this->title));
     }
diff --git a/main/exercise/exercise.php b/main/exercise/exercise.php
index c7be05b2ed..1e3c86301b 100644
--- a/main/exercise/exercise.php
+++ b/main/exercise/exercise.php
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ if (!empty($exerciseList)) {
             $cut_title = $exercise->getCutTitle();
             $alt_title = '';
             if ($cut_title != $row['title']) {
-                $alt_title = ' title = "'.$row['title'].'" ';
+                $alt_title = ' title = "'.$exercise->getUnformattedTitle().'" ';
             }
 
             // Teacher only