diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
index c041164f22..3083cc01f0 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
@@ -675,6 +675,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> CommandLineToUtf8Argv(const wchar_t* command_line)
 }
 #endif
 
+namespace Common
+{
 std::string GetEscapedHtml(std::string html)
 {
   static constexpr std::array<std::array<const char*, 2>, 5> replacements{{
@@ -693,8 +695,6 @@ std::string GetEscapedHtml(std::string html)
   return html;
 }
 
-namespace Common
-{
 void ToLower(std::string* str)
 {
   std::transform(str->begin(), str->end(), str->begin(), [](char c) { return Common::ToLower(c); });
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
index 9e321ca59a..84462b6c62 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ std::string ThousandSeparate(I value, int spaces = 0)
 std::vector<std::string> CommandLineToUtf8Argv(const wchar_t* command_line);
 #endif
 
-std::string GetEscapedHtml(std::string html);
-
 namespace Common
 {
 /// Returns whether a character is printable, i.e. whether 0x20 <= c <= 0x7e is true.
@@ -264,6 +262,8 @@ inline char ToUpper(char ch)
   return std::toupper(ch, std::locale::classic());
 }
 
+std::string GetEscapedHtml(std::string html);
+
 void ToLower(std::string* str);
 void ToUpper(std::string* str);
 bool CaseInsensitiveEquals(std::string_view a, std::string_view b);
diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp b/Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp
index e8de74c794..0bf87e4886 100644
--- a/Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ std::string GenerateChangelog(const picojson::array& versions)
         changelog += ver_obj["shortrev"].get<std::string>();
       }
       const std::string escaped_description =
-          GetEscapedHtml(ver_obj["short_descr"].get<std::string>());
+          Common::GetEscapedHtml(ver_obj["short_descr"].get<std::string>());
       changelog += " by <a href = \"" + ver_obj["author_url"].get<std::string>() + "\">" +
                    ver_obj["author"].get<std::string>() + "</a> &mdash; " + escaped_description;
     }
diff --git a/Source/UnitTests/Common/StringUtilTest.cpp b/Source/UnitTests/Common/StringUtilTest.cpp
index 1f1159d1eb..357f7f9500 100644
--- a/Source/UnitTests/Common/StringUtilTest.cpp
+++ b/Source/UnitTests/Common/StringUtilTest.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ TEST(StringUtil, GetEscapedHtml)
   static constexpr auto no_escape_needed =
       "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"
       "!@#$%^*()-_=+,./?;:[]{}| \\\t\n";
-  EXPECT_EQ(GetEscapedHtml(no_escape_needed), no_escape_needed);
-  EXPECT_EQ(GetEscapedHtml("&<>'\""), "&amp;&lt;&gt;&apos;&quot;");
-  EXPECT_EQ(GetEscapedHtml("&&&"), "&amp;&amp;&amp;");
+  EXPECT_EQ(Common::GetEscapedHtml(no_escape_needed), no_escape_needed);
+  EXPECT_EQ(Common::GetEscapedHtml("&<>'\""), "&amp;&lt;&gt;&apos;&quot;");
+  EXPECT_EQ(Common::GetEscapedHtml("&&&"), "&amp;&amp;&amp;");
 }