diff --git a/src/client/utils/html.js b/src/client/utils/html.js
index 1cb877eab..1f2a2909e 100644
--- a/src/client/utils/html.js
+++ b/src/client/utils/html.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { remove as removeProcessingHeader } from '../../processing/script/header
 import styleProcessor from '../../processing/style';
 import { find, getTagName, isScriptElement } from './dom';
 import { convertToProxyUrl, parseProxyUrl } from './url';
+import { isIE, isMSEdge } from './browser';
 import { hasIsNotClosedFlag } from '../sandbox/node/document/writer';
 import * as urlResolver from './url-resolver';
 import INTERNAL_PROPS from '../../processing/dom/internal-properties';
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ const WRAP_DOCTYPE_RE       = /<!doctype([^>]*)>/ig;
 const WRAP_DOCTYPE_TEMPLATE = `<${ FAKE_DOCTYPE_TAG_NAME }>$1</${ FAKE_DOCTYPE_TAG_NAME }>`;
 const UNWRAP_DOCTYPE_RE     = new RegExp(`<${ FAKE_DOCTYPE_TAG_NAME }>([\\S\\s]*?)</${ FAKE_DOCTYPE_TAG_NAME }>`, 'ig');
 
+const FIND_SVG_RE      = /<svg\s?[^>]*>/ig;
+const FIND_NS_ATTRS_RE = /\s(?:NS[0-9]+:[^"']+('|")[\S\s]*?\1|[^:]+:NS[0-9]+=(?:""|''))/g;
+
 export const INIT_SCRIPT_FOR_IFRAME_TEMPLATE = `
     <script class="${ SHADOW_UI_CLASSNAME.selfRemovingScript }" type="text/javascript">
         (function () {
@@ -91,12 +95,15 @@ function processHtmlInternal (html, process) {
 
     container.innerHTML = html;
 
-    if (process(container))
-        html = container.innerHTML;
+    var processedHtml = process(container) ? container.innerHTML : html;
+
+    processedHtml = unwrapHtmlText(processedHtml);
 
-    html = unwrapHtmlText(html);
+    // NOTE: hack for IE (GH-1083)
+    if (isIE && !isMSEdge && html !== processedHtml)
+        processedHtml = removeExtraSvgNamespeces(html, processedHtml);
 
-    return html;
+    return processedHtml;
 }
 
 export function cleanUpHtml (html) {
@@ -213,3 +220,28 @@ export function processHtml (html, parentTag, prepareDom) {
         return true;
     });
 }
+
+function removeExtraSvgNamespeces (html, processedHtml) {
+    var initialSvgStrs = html.match(FIND_SVG_RE);
+    var index          = 0;
+
+    if (!initialSvgStrs)
+        return processedHtml;
+
+    return processedHtml.replace(FIND_SVG_RE, svgStr => {
+        var initialSvgStr  = initialSvgStrs[index];
+        var initialNSAttrs = initialSvgStr ? initialSvgStr.match(FIND_NS_ATTRS_RE) : null;
+
+        if (initialSvgStr)
+            index++;
+
+        return initialSvgStr ? svgStr.replace(FIND_NS_ATTRS_RE, () => {
+            var replacement = initialNSAttrs ? initialNSAttrs.join('') : '';
+
+            if (initialNSAttrs)
+                initialNSAttrs = null;
+
+            return replacement;
+        }) : svgStr;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/test/client/fixtures/sandbox/code-instrumentation/getters-test.js b/test/client/fixtures/sandbox/code-instrumentation/getters-test.js
index c9af23926..802354190 100644
--- a/test/client/fixtures/sandbox/code-instrumentation/getters-test.js
+++ b/test/client/fixtures/sandbox/code-instrumentation/getters-test.js
@@ -481,3 +481,46 @@ test('we should clean up hammerhead script and style for all elements(GH-1079)',
     ok(checkProperty(innerHTML));
     ok(checkProperty(outerHTML));
 });
+
+test('we should clean up html and remove extra namespaces from svg (GH-1083)', function () {
+    var svg       = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
+    var a         = document.createElement('a');
+    var div       = document.createElement('div');
+    var nativeSvg = nativeMethods.createElementNS.call(document, 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
+    var nativeA   = nativeMethods.createElement.call(document, 'a');
+    var nativeDiv = nativeMethods.createElement.call(document, 'div');
+
+    a.setAttribute('href', '/path');
+    nativeMethods.setAttribute.call(nativeA, 'href', '/path');
+
+    a.innerText = nativeA.innerHTML = 'link';
+
+    svg.appendChild(a);
+    nativeMethods.appendChild.call(nativeSvg, nativeA);
+
+    div.appendChild(svg);
+    nativeMethods.appendChild.call(nativeDiv, nativeSvg);
+
+    strictEqual(getProperty(div, 'innerHTML'), nativeDiv.innerHTML);
+
+    div.innerHTML = nativeDiv.innerHTML = '';
+
+    svg.setAttribute('xmlns:xlink', 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink');
+    nativeMethods.setAttribute.call(nativeSvg, 'xmlns:xlink', 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink');
+
+    div.appendChild(svg.cloneNode(true));
+    nativeMethods.appendChild.call(nativeDiv, nativeMethods.cloneNode.call(nativeSvg, true));
+
+    strictEqual(getProperty(div, 'innerHTML'), nativeDiv.innerHTML);
+
+    // NOTE: IE added additional attributes with namespaces
+    // such as 'xmlns:NS2=""', NS2:xmlns:ns1=""
+    // after setting div.innerHTML property
+    div.innerHTML       = div.innerHTML;
+    nativeDiv.innerHTML = nativeDiv.innerHTML;
+
+    div.appendChild(svg);
+    nativeMethods.appendChild.call(nativeDiv, nativeSvg);
+
+    strictEqual(getProperty(div, 'innerHTML'), nativeDiv.innerHTML);
+});