diff --git a/addons/website/models/website_snippet_filter.py b/addons/website/models/website_snippet_filter.py
index a856a2a7a8a..614369b0ff4 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/website_snippet_filter.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/website_snippet_filter.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class WebsiteSnippetFilter(models.Model):
             records=records,
             is_sample=is_sample,
         ))
-        return [etree.tostring(el, encoding='unicode') for el in html.fromstring('<root>%s</root>' % str(content)).getchildren()]
+        return [etree.tostring(el, encoding='unicode', method='html') for el in html.fromstring('<root>%s</root>' % str(content)).getchildren()]
 
     def _prepare_values(self, limit=None, search_domain=None):
         """Gets the data and returns it the right format for render."""