diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
index cfa88c91e3..2cd2dca711 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
@@ -497,13 +497,14 @@ module ActionView
         email_address_obfuscated = email_address.dup
         email_address_obfuscated.gsub!(/@/, html_options.delete("replace_at")) if html_options.key?("replace_at")
         email_address_obfuscated.gsub!(/\./, html_options.delete("replace_dot")) if html_options.key?("replace_dot")
-
         case encode
         when "javascript"
-          string =
-            "document.write('#{content_tag("a", name || email_address_obfuscated.html_safe, html_options.merge("href" => "mailto:#{email_address}#{extras}".html_safe))}');".unpack('C*').map { |c|
-            sprintf("%%%x", c)
-          }.join
+          string = ''
+          html   = content_tag("a", name || email_address_obfuscated.html_safe, html_options.merge("href" => "mailto:#{email_address}#{extras}".html_safe))
+          html   = escape_javascript(html)
+          "document.write('#{html}');".each_byte do |c|
+            string << sprintf("%%%x", c)
+          end
           "<script type=\"#{Mime::JS}\">eval(decodeURIComponent('#{string}'))</script>".html_safe
         when "hex"
           email_address_encoded = email_address_obfuscated.unpack('C*').map {|c|
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
index 2e1661a0ac..fc330f7a73 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class UrlHelperTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   include routes.url_helpers
 
   include ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper
+  include ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptHelper
   include ActionDispatch::Assertions::DomAssertions
   include ActionView::Context
   include RenderERBUtils
@@ -367,13 +368,13 @@ class UrlHelperTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   def test_mail_to_with_javascript
     snippet = mail_to("me@domain.com", "My email", :encode => "javascript")
-    assert_dom_equal "<script type=\"text/javascript\">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%65%40%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e%2e%63%6f%6d%22%3e%4d%79%20%65%6d%61%69%6c%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))</script>", snippet
+    assert_dom_equal "<script type=\"text/javascript\">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%5c%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%65%40%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e%2e%63%6f%6d%5c%22%3e%4d%79%20%65%6d%61%69%6c%3c%5c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))</script>", snippet
     assert snippet.html_safe?
   end
 
   def test_mail_to_with_javascript_unicode
     snippet = mail_to("unicode@example.com", "únicode", :encode => "javascript")
-    assert_dom_equal "<script type=\"text/javascript\">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%75%6e%69%63%6f%64%65%40%65%78%61%6d%70%6c%65%2e%63%6f%6d%22%3e%c3%ba%6e%69%63%6f%64%65%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))</script>", snippet
+    assert_dom_equal "<script type=\"text/javascript\">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%5c%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%75%6e%69%63%6f%64%65%40%65%78%61%6d%70%6c%65%2e%63%6f%6d%5c%22%3e%c3%ba%6e%69%63%6f%64%65%3c%5c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))</script>", snippet
     assert snippet.html_safe
   end
 
@@ -399,8 +400,8 @@ class UrlHelperTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_dom_equal "<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;%6d%65@%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e.%63%6f%6d\">&#109;&#101;&#40;&#97;&#116;&#41;&#100;&#111;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#110;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;</a>", mail_to("me@domain.com", nil, :encode => "hex", :replace_at => "(at)")
     assert_dom_equal "<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;%6d%65@%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e.%63%6f%6d\">My email</a>", mail_to("me@domain.com", "My email", :encode => "hex", :replace_at => "(at)")
     assert_dom_equal "<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;%6d%65@%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e.%63%6f%6d\">&#109;&#101;&#40;&#97;&#116;&#41;&#100;&#111;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#110;&#40;&#100;&#111;&#116;&#41;&#99;&#111;&#109;</a>", mail_to("me@domain.com", nil, :encode => "hex", :replace_at => "(at)", :replace_dot => "(dot)")
-    assert_dom_equal "<script type=\"text/javascript\">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%65%40%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e%2e%63%6f%6d%22%3e%4d%79%20%65%6d%61%69%6c%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))</script>", mail_to("me@domain.com", "My email", :encode => "javascript", :replace_at => "(at)", :replace_dot => "(dot)")
-    assert_dom_equal "<script type=\"text/javascript\">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%65%40%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e%2e%63%6f%6d%22%3e%6d%65%28%61%74%29%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e%28%64%6f%74%29%63%6f%6d%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))</script>", mail_to("me@domain.com", nil, :encode => "javascript", :replace_at => "(at)", :replace_dot => "(dot)")
+    assert_dom_equal "<script type=\"text/javascript\">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%5c%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%65%40%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e%2e%63%6f%6d%5c%22%3e%4d%79%20%65%6d%61%69%6c%3c%5c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))</script>", mail_to("me@domain.com", "My email", :encode => "javascript", :replace_at => "(at)", :replace_dot => "(dot)")
+    assert_dom_equal "<script type=\"text/javascript\">eval(decodeURIComponent('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%5c%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%65%40%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e%2e%63%6f%6d%5c%22%3e%6d%65%28%61%74%29%64%6f%6d%61%69%6e%28%64%6f%74%29%63%6f%6d%3c%5c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'))</script>", mail_to("me@domain.com", nil, :encode => "javascript", :replace_at => "(at)", :replace_dot => "(dot)")
   end
 
   # TODO: button_to looks at this ... why?