diff --git a/wp-includes/link-template.php b/wp-includes/link-template.php
index c948ab884c..719754985a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/link-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/link-template.php
@@ -1220,16 +1220,15 @@ function get_adjacent_post_rel_link($title = '%title', $in_same_cat = false, $ex
 	if ( empty($post) )
 		return;
 
-	if ( empty($post->post_title) )
+	$post_title = the_title_attribute( array( 'echo' => false, 'post' => $post ) );
+
+	if ( empty( $post_title ) )
 		$post_title = $previous ? __('Previous Post') : __('Next Post');
-	else
-		$post_title = $post->post_title;
 
 	$date = mysql2date(get_option('date_format'), $post->post_date);
 
 	$title = str_replace('%title', $post_title, $title);
 	$title = str_replace('%date', $date, $title);
-	$title = apply_filters('the_title', $title, $post->ID);
 
 	$link = $previous ? "<link rel='prev' title='" : "<link rel='next' title='";
 	$link .= esc_attr( $title );
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index f3d220fec6..03302eab64 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ function the_title($before = '', $after = '', $echo = true) {
  * @return string|null Null on failure or display. String when echo is false.
  */
 function the_title_attribute( $args = '' ) {
-	$title = get_the_title();
+	$defaults = array('before' => '', 'after' =>  '', 'echo' => true, 'post' => get_post() );
+	$r = wp_parse_args($args, $defaults);
+	extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
+
+	$title = get_the_title( $post );
 
 	if ( strlen($title) == 0 )
 		return;
 
-	$defaults = array('before' => '', 'after' =>  '', 'echo' => true);
-	$r = wp_parse_args($args, $defaults);
-	extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
-
 	$title = $before . $title . $after;
 	$title = esc_attr(strip_tags($title));