diff --git a/markup/goldmark/goldmark_integration_test.go b/markup/goldmark/goldmark_integration_test.go
index 1f7cff8b3..a0347b028 100644
--- a/markup/goldmark/goldmark_integration_test.go
+++ b/markup/goldmark/goldmark_integration_test.go
@@ -1047,3 +1047,24 @@ Content: {{ .Content }}
 		`! alert(2)"`,
 	)
 }
+
+// Issue 14715
+func TestRenderLinkDefaultAmpersand(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files := `
+-- content/_index.md --
+---
+title: "Home"
+---
+[foo](https://a.com/?a=1&b=2)
+-- layouts/home.html --
+{{ .Content }}
+`
+
+	b := hugolib.Test(t, files)
+
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html",
+		`<a href="https://a.com/?a=1&amp;b=2">foo</a>`,
+	)
+}
diff --git a/markup/goldmark/render_hooks.go b/markup/goldmark/render_hooks.go
index 376c7dae4..29593c7dd 100644
--- a/markup/goldmark/render_hooks.go
+++ b/markup/goldmark/render_hooks.go
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func (r *hookedRenderer) renderLinkDefault(w util.BufWriter, source []byte, node
 		_, _ = w.WriteString("<a href=\"")
 		dest := util.URLEscape(n.Destination, true)
 		if r.Unsafe || !html.IsDangerousURL(dest) {
-			_, _ = w.Write(util.EscapeHTML(util.EscapeHTML(dest)))
+			_, _ = w.Write(util.EscapeHTML(dest))
 		}
 		_ = w.WriteByte('"')
 		if n.Title != nil {