diff --git a/sites/all/modules/contrib/facetapi/plugins/facetapi/adapter.inc b/sites/all/modules/contrib/facetapi/plugins/facetapi/adapter.inc
index 3fa3ee05f..af8d22ff5 100644
--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/facetapi/plugins/facetapi/adapter.inc
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/facetapi/plugins/facetapi/adapter.inc
@@ -1491,7 +1491,8 @@ class FacetapiFacetProcessor {
     // instead of element_children().
     foreach (array_keys($build) as $value) {
       $item_defaults = array(
-        '#markup' => $value,
+        // make sure any html special chars are decoded for the UI
+        '#markup' => htmlspecialchars_decode($value, ENT_QUOTES),
         '#indexed_value' => $value,
         '#active' => $adapter->itemActive($this->facet['name'], $value),
       );
diff --git a/sites/all/modules/contrib/facetapi/plugins/facetapi/url_processor_standard.inc b/sites/all/modules/contrib/facetapi/plugins/facetapi/url_processor_standard.inc
index 7f29960ce..692824541 100644
--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/facetapi/plugins/facetapi/url_processor_standard.inc
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/facetapi/plugins/facetapi/url_processor_standard.inc
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ class FacetapiUrlProcessorStandard extends FacetapiUrlProcessor {
       // Replaces with the mapped value.
       $value = $this->adapter->getMappedValue($item['facets'][0], $item['value']);
 
+      // make sure any html special chars are decoded for the UI
+      $value['#markup'] = htmlspecialchars_decode($value['#markup'], ENT_QUOTES);
+
       // The last item should be text, not a link.
       if ($last == $item) {
         $breadcrumb[] = !empty($value['#html']) ? $value['#markup'] : check_plain($value['#markup']);