diff --git a/wp-includes/feed.php b/wp-includes/feed.php
index 535a80de8d..e033434b09 100644
--- a/wp-includes/feed.php
+++ b/wp-includes/feed.php
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ function get_the_category_rss($type = 'rss') {
 		elseif ( 'atom' == $type )
 			$the_list .= sprintf( '<category scheme="%1$s" term="%2$s" />', attribute_escape( apply_filters( 'get_bloginfo_rss', get_bloginfo( 'url' ) ) ), attribute_escape( $cat_name ) );
 		else
-			$the_list .= "\n\t\t<category><![CDATA[$cat_name]]></category>\n";
+			$the_list .= "\n\t\t<category><![CDATA[" . html_entity_decode( $cat_name ) . "]]></category>\n";
 	}
 
 	return apply_filters('the_category_rss', $the_list, $type);