diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 70c210c16..bf043c3b1 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1718,8 +1718,6 @@ class DictField(Field):
         """
         Dicts of native values <- Dicts of primitive datatypes.
         """
-        if html.is_html_input(data):
-            data = html.parse_html_dict(data)
         if not isinstance(data, dict):
             self.fail('not_a_dict', input_type=type(data).__name__)
         return self.run_child_validation(data)
diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index 9a1d04979..117c1b6cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -1997,6 +1997,17 @@ class TestDictField(FieldValues):
         output = field.run_validation(None)
         assert output is None
 
+    def test_html_input_as_dict(self):
+        """
+        HTML inputs should be converted to dict
+        """
+        class TestSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+            properties = serializers.DictField()
+
+        serializer = TestSerializer(data=QueryDict('properties.key1=value1&properties.key2=value2'))
+        assert serializer.is_valid()
+        assert serializer.validated_data == {'properties': {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}}
+
 
 class TestNestedDictField(FieldValues):
     """