diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler.js b/src/core/render/compiler.js
index 5f4ad0585..a13faa663 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler.js
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ renderer.link = function (href, title, text) {
   } else {
     blank = ' target="_blank"'
   }
-  return `<a href="${href}" title="${title || text}"${blank}>${text}</a>`
+  if (title) {
+    title = ` title="${title}"`
+  }
+  return `<a href="${href}"${title}${blank}>${text}</a>`
 }
 renderer.paragraph = function (text) {
   if (/^!&gt;/.test(text)) {