diff --git a/js/ui/calendar.js b/js/ui/calendar.js
index 32718ea6d..f27c894dc 100644
--- a/js/ui/calendar.js
+++ b/js/ui/calendar.js
@@ -761,8 +761,8 @@ const NotificationMessage = new Lang.Class({
     _init: function(notification) {
         this.notification = notification;
 
-        this.setUseBodyMarkup(notification.bannerBodyMarkup);
         this.parent(notification.title, notification.bannerBodyText);
+        this.setUseBodyMarkup(notification.bannerBodyMarkup);
 
         this.setIcon(this._getIcon());