diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
index 96416fe9345ebdf237335fb4e38cbc920b221fa5..64d6fc73be80cdb01125d5e601e15f5a4cae7732 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
@@ -1248,10 +1248,7 @@ public function renderText($alter) {
     if ($alter['phase'] == static::RENDER_TEXT_PHASE_EMPTY && $no_rewrite_for_empty) {
       // If we got here then $alter contains the value of "No results text"
       // and so there is nothing left to do.
-      if ($value_is_safe) {
-        $value = ViewsRenderPipelineMarkup::create($value);
-      }
-      return $value;
+      return ViewsRenderPipelineMarkup::create($value);
     }
 
     if (!empty($alter['strip_tags'])) {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/FieldPluginBaseTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/FieldPluginBaseTest.php
index 98dcb1de69657d0d9bd4276049429936d7da11a2..66ba20783af3e6506618509e9834c2e166dde47b 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/FieldPluginBaseTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/FieldPluginBaseTest.php
@@ -258,6 +258,23 @@ public function testRenderTrimmedWithMoreLink() {
     $this->assertEquals($expected_result, $result);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests the "No results text" rendering.
+   *
+   * @covers ::renderText
+   */
+  public function testRenderNoResult() {
+    $this->setupDisplayWithEmptyArgumentsAndFields();
+    $field = $this->setupTestField(['empty' => 'This <strong>should work</strong>.']);
+    $field->field_alias = 'key';
+    $row = new ResultRow(['key' => '']);
+
+    $expected_result = 'This <strong>should work</strong>.';
+    $result = $field->advancedRender($row);
+    $this->assertEquals($expected_result, $result);
+    $this->assertInstanceOf('\Drupal\views\Render\ViewsRenderPipelineMarkup', $result);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Test rendering of a link with a path and options.
    *