diff --git a/src/commonmark.c b/src/commonmark.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ S_render_node(cmark_node *node, cmark_event_type ev_type,
break;
case CMARK_NODE_INLINE_HTML:
- out(state, node->as.literal, true, LITERAL);
+ out(state, node->as.literal, false, LITERAL);
break;
case CMARK_NODE_STRONG: