diff --git a/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js b/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
index f916e1b58455..0106f946e23c 100644
--- a/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
+++ b/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ var validElements = angular.extend({},
                                    svgElements);
 
 //Attributes that have href and hence need to be sanitized
-var uriAttrs = makeMap("background,cite,href,longdesc,src,usemap,xmlns:href");
+var uriAttrs = makeMap("background,cite,href,longdesc,src,usemap,xlink:href");
 
 var htmlAttrs = makeMap('abbr,align,alt,axis,bgcolor,border,cellpadding,cellspacing,class,clear,'+
     'color,cols,colspan,compact,coords,dir,face,headers,height,hreflang,hspace,'+