diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Backend/view/adminhtml/templates/system/search.phtml b/app/code/Magento/Backend/view/adminhtml/templates/system/search.phtml
index b841486dea6dc90696312fadd51fe063d33cb1ce..c472c6827033bd8baef4785f695c7be971dc456e 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Backend/view/adminhtml/templates/system/search.phtml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Backend/view/adminhtml/templates/system/search.phtml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                     class="search-global-input"
                     id="search-global"
                     name="query"
-                    data-mage-init='<?php echo $block->escapeHtml($this->helper('Magento\Framework\Json\Helper\Data')->jsonEncode($block->getWidgetInitOptions()))?>'>
+                    data-mage-init='<?php /* noEscape */ echo $this->helper('Magento\Framework\Json\Helper\Data')->jsonEncode($block->getWidgetInitOptions()) ?>'>
             <button
                 type="submit"
                 class="search-global-action"