diff --git a/lib/dash/dash_parser.js b/lib/dash/dash_parser.js
index c51b29de17..71aac7902c 100644
--- a/lib/dash/dash_parser.js
+++ b/lib/dash/dash_parser.js
@@ -2079,8 +2079,9 @@ shaka.dash.DashParser = class {
    * @private
    */
   async requestForTiming_(getBaseUris, uri, method) {
+    const uris = [shaka.util.StringUtils.htmlUnescape(uri)];
     const requestUris =
-        shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils.resolveUris(getBaseUris(), [uri]);
+        shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils.resolveUris(getBaseUris(), uris);
     const request = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.makeRequest(
         requestUris, this.config_.retryParameters);
     request.method = method;