diff --git a/lib/Fetcher/FeedFetcher.php b/lib/Fetcher/FeedFetcher.php
index 7f5584fa7f..27421f525f 100755
--- a/lib/Fetcher/FeedFetcher.php
+++ b/lib/Fetcher/FeedFetcher.php
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ protected function buildItem(ItemInterface $parsedItem, ?string $body = null, bo
         $item = new Item();
         $item->setUnread(true);
         $itemLink = $parsedItem->getLink();
+        $itemTitle = $parsedItem->getTitle();
         $item->setUrl($itemLink);
         $publicId = $parsedItem->getPublicId();
         if ($publicId == null) {
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ protected function buildItem(ItemInterface $parsedItem, ?string $body = null, bo
             $this->logger->debug(
                 "Feed item {title} with link {link} did not expose a guid, falling back to using link as guid",
                 [
-                'title' => $parsedItem->getTitle(),
+                'title' => $itemTitle,
                 'link' => $itemLink
                 ]
             );
@@ -268,8 +269,8 @@ protected function buildItem(ItemInterface $parsedItem, ?string $body = null, bo
         $item->setRtl($RTL);
 
         // unescape content because angularjs helps against XSS
-        if ($parsedItem->getTitle() !== null) {
-            $item->setTitle($this->decodeTwice($parsedItem->getTitle()));
+        if ($itemTitle !== null) {
+            $item->setTitle($this->decodeTwice($itemTitle));
         }
         $author = $parsedItem->getAuthor();
         if ($author !== null && $author->getName() !== null) {
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Fetcher/FeedFetcherTest.php b/tests/Unit/Fetcher/FeedFetcherTest.php
index 04e86f1b4f..af80661711 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Fetcher/FeedFetcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Fetcher/FeedFetcherTest.php
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ private function createItem($enclosureType = null)
         $this->item_mock->expects($this->exactly(1))
             ->method('getLink')
             ->will($this->returnValue($this->permalink));
-        $this->item_mock->expects($this->exactly(2))
+        $this->item_mock->expects($this->exactly(1))
             ->method('getTitle')
             ->will($this->returnValue($this->title));
         $this->item_mock->expects($this->exactly(1))