diff --git a/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php b/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
index 041235f40f6..4a9d25aefde 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
@@ -4704,8 +4704,13 @@ function dol_string_nohtmltag($StringHtml,$removelinefeed=1,$pagecodeto='UTF-8')
 	$pattern = "/<[^<>]+>/";
 	$StringHtml = preg_replace('/<br[^>]*>/', "\n", $StringHtml);
 	$temp = dol_html_entity_decode($StringHtml,ENT_COMPAT,$pagecodeto);
-	$temp = preg_replace($pattern,"",$temp);
 
+    // Exemple of $temp: <a href="/myurl" title="<u>A title</u>">0000-021</a>
+    $temp = preg_replace($pattern,"",$temp);    // pass 1
+    // $temp after pass 1: <a href="/myurl" title="A title">0000-021
+    $temp = preg_replace($pattern,"",$temp);    // pass 2
+    // $temp after pass 2: 0000-021
+    
 	// Supprime aussi les retours
 	if ($removelinefeed) $temp=str_replace(array("\r\n","\r","\n")," ",$temp);
 
diff --git a/test/phpunit/FunctionsLibTest.php b/test/phpunit/FunctionsLibTest.php
index 8c57e8a178a..4e98ce0b3bc 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/FunctionsLibTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/FunctionsLibTest.php
@@ -377,6 +377,14 @@ class FunctionsLibTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $after=dol_string_nohtmltag($text,1);
         $this->assertEquals("A string Another string",$after,"test5");
 
+        $text='<a href="/myurl" title="<u>Afficher projet</u>">ABC</a>';
+        $after=dol_string_nohtmltag($text,1);
+        $this->assertEquals("ABC",$after,"test6");
+        
+        $text='<a href="/myurl" title="&lt;u&gt;Afficher projet&lt;/u&gt;">DEF</a>';
+        $after=dol_string_nohtmltag($text,1);
+        $this->assertEquals("DEF",$after,"test7");
+        
         return true;
     }