diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status/handled_link.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status/handled_link.tsx
index 43763d9c3..8b6db98fd 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status/handled_link.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status/handled_link.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const HandledLink: FC<HandledLinkProps & ComponentProps<'a'>> = ({
     return (
       <Link
         className={classNames('mention hashtag', className)}
-        to={`/tags/${hashtag}`}
+        to={`/tags/${encodeURIComponent(hashtag)}`}
         rel='tag'
         data-menu-hashtag={hashtagAccountId}
       >
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const HandledLink: FC<HandledLinkProps & ComponentProps<'a'>> = ({
   return (
     <a
       {...props}
-      href={encodeURI(href)}
+      href={href}
       title={href}
       className={classNames('unhandled-link', className)}
       target='_blank'