diff --git a/lisp/org-protocol.el b/lisp/org-protocol.el
index f3e7281ee..d9fdef00e 100644
--- a/lisp/org-protocol.el
+++ b/lisp/org-protocol.el
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ If INFO is already a property list, return it unchanged."
 	  (while data
 	    (setq result
 		  (append result
-			  (list (pop data) (pop data)))))
+			  (list (pop data) (org-link-unescape (pop data))))))
 	  result)
       (let ((data (org-protocol-split-data info t org-protocol-data-separator)))
 	(if default-order