diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js
index 2668b7573..3feff3114 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Discourse.Utilities = {
     var classes = "avatar" + (options.extraClasses ? " " + options.extraClasses : "");
     var title = (options.title) ? " title='" + Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(options.title || "") + "'" : "";
 
-    return "<img alt='" + (title || "avatar") + "' width='" + size + "' height='" + size + "' src='" + Discourse.getURLWithCDN(url) + "' class='" + classes + "'" + title + ">";
+    return "<img alt='" + (options.title || "avatar") + "' width='" + size + "' height='" + size + "' src='" + Discourse.getURLWithCDN(url) + "' class='" + classes + "'" + title + ">";
   },
 
   tinyAvatar: function(avatarTemplate, options) {
diff --git a/test/javascripts/lib/utilities-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/lib/utilities-test.js.es6
index 273243108..0d0c0f48a 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/lib/utilities-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/lib/utilities-test.js.es6
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ test("avatarImg", function() {
         "it returns the avatar html");
 
   equal(utils.avatarImg({avatarTemplate: avatarTemplate, size: 'tiny', title: 'evilest trout'}),
-        "<img alt='avatar' width='20' height='20' src='/path/to/avatar/40.png' class='avatar' title='evilest trout'>",
+        "<img alt='evilest trout' width='20' height='20' src='/path/to/avatar/40.png' class='avatar' title='evilest trout'>",
         "it adds a title if supplied");
 
   equal(utils.avatarImg({avatarTemplate: avatarTemplate, size: 'tiny', extraClasses: 'evil fish'}),