diff --git a/src/CONST.ts b/src/CONST.ts
index 19720c05a93c..d81eec4108bd 100755
--- a/src/CONST.ts
+++ b/src/CONST.ts
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ const CONST = {
 
         POLICY_ID_FROM_PATH: /\/w\/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(\/|$)/,
 
-        SHORT_MENTION: new RegExp(`@[\\w\\-\\+\\'#@]+(?:\\.[\\w\\-\\'\\+]+)*`, 'gim'),
+        SHORT_MENTION: new RegExp(`@[\\w\\-\\+\\'#@]+(?:\\.[\\w\\-\\'\\+]+)*(?![^\`]*\`)`, 'gim'),
     },
 
     PRONOUNS: {
diff --git a/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts b/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
index 641d3ddaa268..291ef89e92f0 100644
--- a/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
@@ -3352,6 +3352,9 @@ function getParsedComment(text: string, parsingDetails?: ParsingDetails): string
 
     const parser = new ExpensiMark();
     const textWithMention = text.replace(CONST.REGEX.SHORT_MENTION, (match) => {
+        if (!Str.isValidMention(match)) {
+            return match;
+        }
         const mention = match.substring(1);
         const mentionWithDomain = addDomainToShortMention(mention);
         return mentionWithDomain ? `@${mentionWithDomain}` : match;