diff --git a/core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
index b34bb8feead8..3dc20ebac3b1 100644
--- a/core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class Rss extends RssPluginBase {
 
     $item = new \stdClass();
     foreach ($entity as $name => $field) {
-      // views_view_row_rss takes care about the escaping.
       $item->{$name} = $field->value;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
index 85eacaa38c6d..f4e62c72ec17 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ class Rss extends RssPluginBase {
       return;
     }
 
-    $description_build = [];
-
     $comment->link = $comment->url('canonical', array('absolute' => TRUE));
     $comment->rss_namespaces = array();
     $comment->rss_elements = array(
@@ -113,13 +111,11 @@ class Rss extends RssPluginBase {
       $this->view->style_plugin->namespaces = array_merge($this->view->style_plugin->namespaces, $comment->rss_namespaces);
     }
 
+    $item = new \stdClass();
     if ($view_mode != 'title') {
       // We render comment contents.
-      $description_build = $build;
+      $item->description = $build;
     }
-
-    $item = new \stdClass();
-    $item->description = $description_build;
     $item->title = $comment->label();
     $item->link = $comment->link;
     // Provide a reference so that the render call in
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
index ae2b8712d51f..3f2deeef2711 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ class Rss extends RssPluginBase {
       return;
     }
 
-    $description_build = [];
-
     $node->link = $node->url('canonical', array('absolute' => TRUE));
     $node->rss_namespaces = array();
     $node->rss_elements = array(
@@ -149,13 +147,11 @@ class Rss extends RssPluginBase {
       $this->view->style_plugin->namespaces += $xml_rdf_namespaces;
     }
 
+    $item = new \stdClass();
     if ($display_mode != 'title') {
       // We render node contents.
-      $description_build = $build;
+      $item->description = $build;
     }
-
-    $item = new \stdClass();
-    $item->description = $description_build;
     $item->title = $node->label();
     $item->link = $node->link;
     // Provide a reference so that the render call in
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/row/RssFields.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/row/RssFields.php
index 25a75d1da003..5fa91cc672a0 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/row/RssFields.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/row/RssFields.php
@@ -147,8 +147,10 @@ class RssFields extends RowPluginBase {
     // @todo Views should expect and store a leading /. See:
     //   https://www.drupal.org/node/2423913
     $item->link = Url::fromUserInput('/' . $this->getField($row_index, $this->options['link_field']))->setAbsolute()->toString();
+
     $field = $this->getField($row_index, $this->options['description_field']);
     $item->description = is_array($field) ? $field : ['#markup' => $field];
+
     $item->elements = array(
       array('key' => 'pubDate', 'value' => $this->getField($row_index, $this->options['date_field'])),
       array(
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/DisplayFeedTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/DisplayFeedTest.php
index 3f2cf21822bb..8032af333758 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/DisplayFeedTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/DisplayFeedTest.php
@@ -48,9 +48,13 @@ class DisplayFeedTest extends PluginTestBase {
 
     // Verify a title with HTML entities is properly escaped.
     $node_title = 'This "cool" & "neat" article\'s title';
-    $node = $this->drupalCreateNode(array(
-      'title' => $node_title
-    ));
+    $node = $this->drupalCreateNode([
+      'title' => $node_title,
+      'body' => [0 => [
+        'value' => 'A paragraph',
+        'format' => filter_default_format(),
+      ]],
+    ]);
 
     // Test the site name setting.
     $site_name = $this->randomMachineName();
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ class DisplayFeedTest extends PluginTestBase {
     $result = $this->xpath('//title');
     $this->assertEqual($result[0], $site_name, 'The site title is used for the feed title.');
     $this->assertEqual($result[1], $node_title, 'Node title with HTML entities displays correctly.');
+    // Verify HTML is properly escaped in the description field.
+    $this->assertRaw('<p>A paragraph</p>');
 
     $view = $this->container->get('entity.manager')->getStorage('view')->load('test_display_feed');
     $display = &$view->getDisplay('feed_1');
@@ -101,12 +107,18 @@ class DisplayFeedTest extends PluginTestBase {
     // Verify a title with HTML entities is properly escaped.
     $node_title = 'This "cool" & "neat" article\'s title';
     $this->drupalCreateNode(array(
-      'title' => $node_title
+      'title' => $node_title,
+      'body' => [0 => [
+        'value' => 'A paragraph',
+        'format' => filter_default_format(),
+      ]],
     ));
 
     $this->drupalGet('test-feed-display-fields.xml');
     $result = $this->xpath('//title/a');
     $this->assertEqual($result[0], $node_title, 'Node title with HTML entities displays correctly.');
+    // Verify HTML is properly escaped in the description field.
+    $this->assertRaw('<p>A paragraph</p>');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_feed.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_feed.yml
index 2c35726c6077..26b3074405e1 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_feed.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_feed.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 langcode: en
 status: true
 dependencies:
+  config:
+    - core.entity_view_mode.node.teaser
+    - field.storage.node.body
   module:
     - node
+    - text
     - user
 id: test_display_feed
 label: test_display_feed
@@ -41,6 +45,68 @@ display:
           plugin_id: field
           entity_type: node
           entity_field: title
+        body:
+          id: body
+          table: node__body
+          field: body
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: false
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: text_default
+          settings: {  }
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+          plugin_id: field
       filters:
         status:
           expose:
@@ -75,10 +141,21 @@ display:
       style:
         type: default
       title: test_display_feed
+      display_extenders: {  }
     display_plugin: default
     display_title: Master
     id: default
     position: 0
+    cache_metadata:
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url.query_args
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      max-age: -1
+      tags:
+        - 'config:field.storage.node.body'
   feed_1:
     display_options:
       displays: {  }
@@ -90,10 +167,20 @@ display:
       style:
         type: rss
       sitename_title: true
+      display_extenders: {  }
     display_plugin: feed
     display_title: Feed
     id: feed_1
     position: 0
+    cache_metadata:
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      max-age: -1
+      tags:
+        - 'config:field.storage.node.body'
   feed_2:
     display_options:
       displays: {  }
@@ -105,7 +192,7 @@ display:
         options:
           title_field: title
           link_field: title
-          description_field: title
+          description_field: body
           creator_field: title
           date_field: title
           guid_field_options:
@@ -115,14 +202,35 @@ display:
         type: rss
       sitename_title: true
       display_description: ''
+      display_extenders: {  }
     display_plugin: feed
     display_title: 'Feed with Fields'
     id: feed_2
     position: 0
+    cache_metadata:
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      max-age: -1
+      tags:
+        - 'config:field.storage.node.body'
   page:
     display_options:
       path: test-feed-display
+      display_extenders: {  }
     display_plugin: page
-    display_title: <em>Page</em>
+    display_title: '<em>Page</em>'
     id: page
     position: 0
+    cache_metadata:
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url.query_args
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      max-age: -1
+      tags:
+        - 'config:field.storage.node.body'
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
index 96d4c7ba0ced..6a0a141d30c4 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
@@ -863,11 +863,14 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_row_rss(&$variables) {
   $variables['title'] = $item->title;
   $variables['link'] = $item->link;
 
-  /** @var \Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface $renderer */
-  $renderer = \Drupal::service('renderer');
-  // We render the item description. It might contain entities, which attach rss
-  // elements via hook_entity_view, see comment_entity_view().
-  $variables['description'] = is_array($item->description) ? $renderer->render($item->description) : $item->description;
+  // The description is the only place where we should find HTML.
+  // @see https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html#hrelementsOfLtitemgt
+  // If we have a render array, render it here and pass the result to the
+  // template, letting Twig autoescape it.
+  if (isset($item->description) && is_array($item->description)) {
+    $variables['description'] = (string) \Drupal::service('renderer')->render($item->description);
+  }
+
   $variables['item_elements'] = array();
   foreach ($item->elements as $element) {
     if (isset($element['attributes']) && is_array($element['attributes'])) {