diff --git a/modules/markdown/markdown.go b/modules/markdown/markdown.go
index 20fe2a77f..92a615499 100644
--- a/modules/markdown/markdown.go
+++ b/modules/markdown/markdown.go
@@ -260,12 +260,9 @@ func RenderIssueIndexPattern(rawBytes []byte, urlPrefix string, metas map[string
 
 // RenderSha1CurrentPattern renders SHA1 strings to corresponding links that assumes in the same repository.
 func RenderSha1CurrentPattern(rawBytes []byte, urlPrefix string) []byte {
-	ms := Sha1CurrentPattern.FindAll(rawBytes, -1)
-	for _, m := range ms {
-		rawBytes = bytes.Replace(rawBytes, m, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
-			`<a href="%s/commit/%s"><code>%s</code></a>`, urlPrefix, m, base.ShortSha(string(m)))), -1)
-	}
-	return rawBytes
+	return []byte(Sha1CurrentPattern.ReplaceAllStringFunc(string(rawBytes[:]), func(m string) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s/commit/%s"><code>%s</code></a>`, urlPrefix, m, base.ShortSha(string(m)))
+	}))
 }
 
 // RenderSpecialLink renders mentions, indexes and SHA1 strings to corresponding links.