diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
index b23013becd1..e49848f46f5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ def items_for_result(cl, result):
                 # function has an "allow_tags" attribute set to True.
                 if not allow_tags:
                     result_repr = escape(result_repr)
+                else:
+                    result_repr = mark_safe(result_repr)
         else:
             field_val = getattr(result, f.attname)