diff --git a/profiles/jtei/jtei.common.xsl b/profiles/jtei/jtei.common.xsl
index 33c3d55f0..b33154523 100644
--- a/profiles/jtei/jtei.common.xsl
+++ b/profiles/jtei/jtei.common.xsl
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
           </seg>
           <seg type="abstract.egXML.attribute.value">
             <xsl:text>="</xsl:text>
-            <xsl:value-of select="local:escapeEntitiesForEgXMLAttribute(.)"/>
+            <xsl:value-of select="replace(., '&amp;(\S)', '&#8203;&amp;$1') ! local:escapeEntitiesForEgXMLAttribute(.)"/>
             <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
           </seg>
         </xsl:for-each>