diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index de7195682f..e1d0de749d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -2195,9 +2195,9 @@ function make_clickable( $text ) {
 	$nested_code_pre = 0; // Keep track of how many levels link is nested inside <pre> or <code>
 	foreach ( $textarr as $piece ) {
 
-		if ( preg_match( '|^<code[\s>]|i', $piece ) || preg_match( '|^<pre[\s>]|i', $piece ) )
+		if ( preg_match( '|^<code[\s>]|i', $piece ) || preg_match( '|^<pre[\s>]|i', $piece ) || preg_match( '|^<script[\s>]|i', $piece ) || preg_match( '|^<style[\s>]|i', $piece ) )
 			$nested_code_pre++;
-		elseif ( ( '</code>' === strtolower( $piece ) || '</pre>' === strtolower( $piece ) ) && $nested_code_pre )
+		elseif ( $nested_code_pre && ( '</code>' === strtolower( $piece ) || '</pre>' === strtolower( $piece ) || '</script>' === strtolower( $piece ) || '</style>' === strtolower( $piece ) ) )
 			$nested_code_pre--;
 
 		if ( $nested_code_pre || empty( $piece ) || ( $piece[0] === '<' && ! preg_match( '|^<\s*[\w]{1,20}+://|', $piece ) ) ) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/MakeClickable.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/MakeClickable.php
index dec5d404b0..46c70ee001 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/MakeClickable.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/MakeClickable.php
@@ -372,4 +372,30 @@ class Tests_Formatting_MakeClickable extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 				  href='mailto:someone@example.com'>someone@example.com</a>";
 		$this->assertEquals( $html, make_clickable( $html ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider data_script_and_style_tags
+	 * @ticket 30162
+	 */
+	public function test_dont_link_script_and_style_tags( $tag ) {
+		$this->assertEquals( $tag, make_clickable( $tag ) );
+	}
+
+	public function data_script_and_style_tags() {
+		return array(
+			array(
+				'<script>http://wordpress.org</script>',
+			),
+			array(
+				'<style>http://wordpress.org</style>',
+			),
+			array(
+				'<script type="text/javascript">http://wordpress.org</script>',
+			),
+			array(
+				'<style type="text/css">http://wordpress.org</style>',
+			),
+		);
+	}
+
 }