diff --git a/packages/url/src/get-query-args.js b/packages/url/src/get-query-args.js
index 5ba4760a47af81..45626f1d8a1e94 100644
--- a/packages/url/src/get-query-args.js
+++ b/packages/url/src/get-query-args.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
+import { safeDecodeURIComponent } from './safe-decode-uri-component';
 import { getQueryString } from './get-query-string';
 
 /** @typedef {import('./get-query-arg').QueryArgParsed} QueryArgParsed */
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ export function getQueryArgs( url ) {
 					// Filtering avoids decoding as `undefined` for value, where
 					// default is restored in destructuring assignment.
 					.filter( Boolean )
-					.map( decodeURIComponent );
+					.map( safeDecodeURIComponent );
 
 				if ( key ) {
 					const segments = key.replace( /\]/g, '' ).split( '[' );
diff --git a/packages/url/src/test/index.js b/packages/url/src/test/index.js
index 19a0bf161c34b8..6ff0253d0fd2ae 100644
--- a/packages/url/src/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/url/src/test/index.js
@@ -723,6 +723,16 @@ describe( 'getQueryArgs', () => {
 				)
 			).toEqual( data );
 		} );
+
+		it( 'should not blow up on malformed params', () => {
+			const url = 'https://andalouses.example/beach?foo=bar&baz=%E0%A4%A';
+
+			expect( () => getQueryArgs( url ) ).not.toThrow();
+			expect( getQueryArgs( url ) ).toEqual( {
+				baz: '%E0%A4%A',
+				foo: 'bar',
+			} );
+		} );
 	} );
 } );