diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
index 7a3941038e..10a005d71a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
@@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
 
         private static MessageFormatterResult format(string toFormat, int startIndex = 0, int space = 3)
         {
-            // see: https://github.com/ppy/osu/pull/24190
-            toFormat = Regex.Replace(toFormat, emoji_regex.ToString(), "[emoji]");
-
             var result = new MessageFormatterResult(toFormat);
 
             // handle the [link display] format
@@ -282,6 +279,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
             // handle channels
             handleMatches(channel_regex, "{0}", $@"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/{{0}}", result, startIndex, LinkAction.OpenChannel);
 
+            // see: https://github.com/ppy/osu/pull/24190
+            result.Text = Regex.Replace(result.Text, emoji_regex.ToString(), "[emoji]");
+
             return result;
         }