diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php b/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
index 34919fc08e..f5b558b322 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class WP_oEmbed {
 					$atts = shortcode_parse_atts( $link );
 
 					if ( !empty($atts['type']) && !empty($linktypes[$atts['type']]) && !empty($atts['href']) ) {
-						$providers[$linktypes[$atts['type']]] = $atts['href'];
+						$providers[$linktypes[$atts['type']]] = htmlspecialchars_decode( $atts['href'] );
 
 						// Stop here if it's JSON (that's all we need)
 						if ( 'json' == $linktypes[$atts['type']] )