diff --git a/classes/widgets/class-wc-widget-login.php b/classes/widgets/class-wc-widget-login.php
index fdd620c7861..95c88ff0fdd 100644
--- a/classes/widgets/class-wc-widget-login.php
+++ b/classes/widgets/class-wc-widget-login.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class WC_Widget_Login extends WP_Widget {
 			global $login_errors;
 
 			if ( is_wp_error($login_errors) && $login_errors->get_error_code() ) foreach ($login_errors->get_error_messages() as $error) :
-				echo '<div class="woocommerce-error">' . esc_html( $error ) . "</div>\n";
+				echo '<div class="woocommerce_error">' . wp_kses_post( $error ) . "</div>\n";
 				break;
 			endforeach;
 
diff --git a/woocommerce-ajax.php b/woocommerce-ajax.php
index 7f465588674..c72829ba1a7 100644
--- a/woocommerce-ajax.php
+++ b/woocommerce-ajax.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function woocommerce_sidebar_login_ajax_process() {
 
 		if ( $user->errors ) {
 			foreach ( $user->errors as $error ) {
-				$result['error'] = esc_html( $error[0] );
+				$result['error'] = wp_kses_post( $error[0] );
 				break;
 			}
 		} else {