diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
index 986138493b3..c4251c3597f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -46,13 +46,22 @@ export class SearchResultListElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K exten
   }
 
   /**
-   * Gets all matching metadata string values from hitHighlights or dso metadata, preferring hitHighlights.
+   * Gets all matching metadata string values from hitHighlights or dso metadata.
    *
    * @param {string|string[]} keyOrKeys The metadata key(s) in scope. Wildcards are supported; see [[Metadata]].
    * @returns {string[]} the matching string values or an empty array.
    */
   allMetadataValues(keyOrKeys: string | string[]): string[] {
-    return Metadata.allValues([this.object.hitHighlights, this.dso.metadata], keyOrKeys);
+    const dsoMetadata: string[] = Metadata.allValues([this.dso.metadata], keyOrKeys);
+    const highlights: string[] = Metadata.allValues([this.object.hitHighlights], keyOrKeys);
+    const removedHighlights: string[] = highlights.map(str => str.replace(/<\/?em>/g, ''));
+    for (let i = 0; i < removedHighlights.length; i++) {
+      const index = dsoMetadata.indexOf(removedHighlights[i]);
+      if (index !== -1) {
+        dsoMetadata[index] = highlights[i];
+      }
+    }
+    return dsoMetadata;
   }
 
   /**