diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/image-editor/use-save-image.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/image-editor/use-save-image.js
index 3f95f45a2abfc..79c0bea11fba1 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/image-editor/use-save-image.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/image-editor/use-save-image.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { store as noticesStore } from '@wordpress/notices';
+import { __unstableStripHTML as stripHTML } from '@wordpress/dom';
 
 export default function useSaveImage( {
 	crop,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export default function useSaveImage( {
 					sprintf(
 						/* translators: 1. Error message */
 						__( 'Could not edit image. %s' ),
-						error.message
+						stripHTML( error.message )
 					),
 					{
 						id: 'image-editing-error',