diff --git a/base.js b/base.js
index ccbdb6e..f72e9a8 100644
--- a/base.js
+++ b/base.js
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function parserForArrayFormat(options) {
 
 				const arrayValue = value === null
 					? []
-					: value.split(options.arrayFormatSeparator).map(item => decode(item, options));
+					: decode(value, options).split(options.arrayFormatSeparator)
 
 				if (accumulator[key] === undefined) {
 					accumulator[key] = arrayValue;
diff --git a/test/parse.js b/test/parse.js
index 3409255..3b53844 100644
--- a/test/parse.js
+++ b/test/parse.js
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ test('query strings having a brackets+separator array and format option as `brac
 	}), {foo: ['']});
 });
 
+test('query strings having a brackets+separator array and format option as `bracket-separator` with a URL encoded value', t => {
+	t.deepEqual(queryString.parse('?testA%5B%5D=1&testB%5B%5D=a%2Cb%2Cc%2Cd%2Ce%2Cf&testC=true', {
+		arrayFormat: 'bracket-separator',
+	}), {
+		testA: ['1'],
+      	testB: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'],
+      	testC: 'true',
+	});
+});
+
 test('query strings having = within parameters (i.e. GraphQL IDs)', t => {
 	t.deepEqual(queryString.parse('foo=bar=&foo=ba=z='), {foo: ['bar=', 'ba=z=']});
 });