diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 52caf70fc3..adf431a61d 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #19237: Fix OCI PHP 8.1 passing `null` to trim() (longthanhtran)
 - Bug #19312: Fix PHP 8.1 error when passing null to `yii\helpers\BaseInflector` (WinterSilence)
 - Bug #19368: Fix PHP 8.1 error when `$fileMimeType` is `null` in `yii\validators\FileValidator::validateMimeType()` (bizley)
+- Bug #19386: Fix recursive calling `yii\helpers\BaseArrayHelper::htmlDecode()` (WinterSilence)
 
 
 2.0.45 February 11, 2022
diff --git a/framework/helpers/BaseArrayHelper.php b/framework/helpers/BaseArrayHelper.php
index d4207db92a..84e67f43b5 100644
--- a/framework/helpers/BaseArrayHelper.php
+++ b/framework/helpers/BaseArrayHelper.php
@@ -726,12 +726,14 @@ class BaseArrayHelper
 
     /**
      * Decodes HTML entities into the corresponding characters in an array of strings.
+     *
      * Only array values will be decoded by default.
      * If a value is an array, this method will also decode it recursively.
      * Only string values will be decoded.
+     *
      * @param array $data data to be decoded
-     * @param bool $valuesOnly whether to decode array values only. If false,
-     * both the array keys and array values will be decoded.
+     * @param bool $valuesOnly whether to decode array values only. If `false`,
+     * then both the array keys and array values will be decoded.
      * @return array the decoded data
      * @see https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php
      */
@@ -740,12 +742,12 @@ class BaseArrayHelper
         $d = [];
         foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
             if (!$valuesOnly && is_string($key)) {
-                $key = htmlspecialchars_decode($key, ENT_QUOTES);
+                $key = htmlspecialchars_decode($key, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE);
             }
             if (is_string($value)) {
-                $d[$key] = htmlspecialchars_decode($value, ENT_QUOTES);
+                $d[$key] = htmlspecialchars_decode($value, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE);
             } elseif (is_array($value)) {
-                $d[$key] = static::htmlDecode($value);
+                $d[$key] = static::htmlDecode($value, $valuesOnly);
             } else {
                 $d[$key] = $value;
             }
diff --git a/tests/framework/helpers/ArrayHelperTest.php b/tests/framework/helpers/ArrayHelperTest.php
index 57ab1bf0fa..89a047e440 100644
--- a/tests/framework/helpers/ArrayHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/framework/helpers/ArrayHelperTest.php
@@ -1185,29 +1185,35 @@ class ArrayHelperTest extends TestCase
             3 => 'blank',
             [
                 '<>' => 'a&lt;&gt;b',
+                '&lt;a&gt;' => '&lt;a href=&quot;index.php?a=1&amp;b=2&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;',
                 '23' => true,
             ],
         ];
-        $this->assertEquals([
+
+        $expected = [
             'abc' => '123',
             '&lt;' => '>',
             'cde' => false,
             3 => 'blank',
             [
                 '<>' => 'a<>b',
+                '&lt;a&gt;' => '<a href="index.php?a=1&b=2">link</a>',
                 '23' => true,
             ],
-        ], ArrayHelper::htmlDecode($array));
-        $this->assertEquals([
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, ArrayHelper::htmlDecode($array));
+        $expected = [
             'abc' => '123',
             '<' => '>',
             'cde' => false,
             3 => 'blank',
             [
                 '<>' => 'a<>b',
+                '<a>' => '<a href="index.php?a=1&b=2">link</a>',
                 '23' => true,
             ],
-        ], ArrayHelper::htmlDecode($array, false));
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, ArrayHelper::htmlDecode($array, false));
     }
 
     public function testIsIn()