diff --git a/app/models/concerns/sanitizable.rb b/app/models/concerns/sanitizable.rb
index 4e3251fc1..b5b3fd431 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/sanitizable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/sanitizable.rb
@@ -9,11 +9,35 @@ module Sanitizable
   protected
 
     def sanitize_description
-      self.description = WYSIWYGSanitizer.new.sanitize(description)
+      if translatable_description?
+        sanitize_description_translations
+      else
+        self.description = WYSIWYGSanitizer.new.sanitize(description)
+      end
     end
 
     def sanitize_tag_list
       self.tag_list = TagSanitizer.new.sanitize_tag_list(tag_list) if self.class.taggable?
     end
 
+    def translatable_description?
+      self.class.included_modules.include?(Globalizable) && self.class.translated_attribute_names.include?(:description)
+    end
+
+    def sanitize_description_translations
+      # Sanitize description when using attribute accessor in place of nested translations.
+      # This is because Globalize gem create translations on after save callback
+      # https://github.com/globalize/globalize/blob/e37c471775d196cd4318e61954572c300c015467/lib/globalize/active_record/act_macro.rb#L105
+      if translations.empty?
+        Globalize.with_locale(I18n.locale) do
+          self.description = WYSIWYGSanitizer.new.sanitize(description)
+        end
+      end
+
+      translations.reject(&:_destroy).each do |translation|
+        Globalize.with_locale(translation.locale) do
+          self.description = WYSIWYGSanitizer.new.sanitize(description)
+        end
+      end
+    end
 end