diff --git a/includes/core/class-fields.php b/includes/core/class-fields.php
index aa10f02e..d2f4f505 100644
--- a/includes/core/class-fields.php
+++ b/includes/core/class-fields.php
@@ -2591,7 +2591,8 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'um\core\Fields' ) ) {
$output .= ob_get_clean();
$output .= '
' . $placeholder . '';
} else {
- $output .= '';
+ $textarea_field_value = ! empty( $data['html'] ) ? $field_value : strip_tags( $field_value );
+ $output .= '';
}
$output .= '';