diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
index 6a8fb472bf..c1b4c34415 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ class WP_Posts_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 		if ( empty( $posts ) )
 			$posts = $wp_query->posts;
 
+		add_filter( 'the_title', 'esc_html' );
+
 		if ( $this->hierarchical_display ) {
 			$this->_display_rows_hierarchical( $posts, $this->get_pagenum(), $per_page );
 		} else {
@@ -320,8 +322,6 @@ class WP_Posts_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 	function _display_rows( $posts ) {
 		global $post, $mode;
 
-		add_filter( 'the_title', 'esc_html' );
-
 		// Create array of post IDs.
 		$post_ids = array();