diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/thread_service.js b/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/thread_service.js
index a41172d0b26..45f4676c56d 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/thread_service.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/thread_service.js
@@ -316,12 +316,15 @@ export class ThreadService {
                 ...this.getFetchParams(thread),
                 around: messageId,
             });
-            thread.messages = messages.reverse().map((message) =>
-                this.messageService.insert({
+            thread.messages = messages.reverse().map((message) => {
+                if (message.parentMessage?.body) {
+                    message.parentMessage.body = markup(message.parentMessage.body);
+                }
+                return this.messageService.insert({
                     ...message,
                     body: message.body ? markup(message.body) : message.body,
-                })
-            );
+                });
+            });
             thread.loadNewer = messageId ? true : false;
             thread.loadOlder = true;
             if (messages.length < FETCH_LIMIT) {
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/tests/discuss_app/jump_to_present_tests.js b/addons/mail/static/tests/discuss_app/jump_to_present_tests.js
index 7a830a088c1..7d38f6e4ef0 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/tests/discuss_app/jump_to_present_tests.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/tests/discuss_app/jump_to_present_tests.js
@@ -62,15 +62,22 @@ QUnit.test("Jump to old reply should prompt jump to presence", async (assert) =>
     const pyEnv = await startServer();
     const channelId = pyEnv["discuss.channel"].create({ name: "General" });
     const oldestMessageId = pyEnv["mail.message"].create({
-        body: "Hello world!",
+        body: "<p>Hello world!</p>",
         model: "discuss.channel",
         res_id: channelId,
     });
     for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
         pyEnv["mail.message"].create({
-            body: "Non Empty Body ".repeat(100),
+            body: "<p>Non Empty Body</p>".repeat(100),
             message_type: "comment",
             model: "discuss.channel",
+            /**
+             * The first message following the oldest message should have it as its parent message
+             * so that the oldest message is inserted through the parent field during "load around"
+             * to have the coverage of this part of the code (in particular having parent message
+             * body being inserted with markup).
+             */
+            parent_id: i === 0 ? oldestMessageId : undefined,
             res_id: channelId,
         });
     }
@@ -84,6 +91,11 @@ QUnit.test("Jump to old reply should prompt jump to presence", async (assert) =>
     await openDiscuss(channelId);
     await click(".o-mail-MessageInReply .cursor-pointer");
     assert.isVisible($(".o-mail-Message:contains(Hello world!):eq(0)")[0]);
+    assert.strictEqual(
+        $(".o-mail-Message-body:contains(Hello world!):eq(0)").text(),
+        "Hello world!",
+        "should correctly execute HTML tags in parent message when using 'load around' feature"
+    );
     assert.containsOnce($, ".o-mail-Thread:contains(You're viewing older messagesJump to Present)");
     await click(".o-mail-Thread-jumpPresent");
     await nextAnimationFrame();