diff --git a/mod/assign/submission/onlinetext/locallib.php b/mod/assign/submission/onlinetext/locallib.php
index 804071d4f10..7d5b624ae6d 100644
--- a/mod/assign/submission/onlinetext/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/assign/submission/onlinetext/locallib.php
@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@ class assign_submission_onlinetext extends assign_submission_plugin {
         $showviewlink = true;
 
         if ($onlinetextsubmission) {
-            $text = format_text($onlinetextsubmission->onlinetext, $onlinetextsubmission->onlineformat, array('context'=>$this->assignment->get_context()));
+            $text = $this->assignment->render_editor_content(ASSIGNSUBMISSION_ONLINETEXT_FILEAREA,
+                                                             $onlinetextsubmission->submission,
+                                                             $this->get_type(),
+                                                             'onlinetext',
+                                                             'assignsubmission_onlinetext');
+
             $shorttext = shorten_text($text, 140);
             if ($text != $shorttext) {
                 return $shorttext . get_string('numwords', 'assignsubmission_onlinetext', count_words($text));