diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 1d12b1d92..5c4cba588 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ class ListField(Field):
             if len(val) > 1:
                 # Support QueryDict lists in HTML input.
                 return val
-            return html.parse_html_list(dictionary, prefix=self.field_name)
+            return html.parse_json_form(dictionary, prefix=self.field_name)
         return dictionary.get(self.field_name, empty)
 
     def to_internal_value(self, data):
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ class ListField(Field):
         List of dicts of native values <- List of dicts of primitive datatypes.
         """
         if html.is_html_input(data):
-            data = html.parse_html_list(data)
+            data = html.parse_json_form(data)
         if isinstance(data, type('')) or not hasattr(data, '__iter__'):
             self.fail('not_a_list', input_type=type(data).__name__)
         if not self.allow_empty and len(data) == 0:
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ class DictField(Field):
         # We override the default field access in order to support
         # dictionaries in HTML forms.
         if html.is_html_input(dictionary):
-            return html.parse_html_dict(dictionary, prefix=self.field_name)
+            return html.parse_json_form(dictionary, prefix=self.field_name)
         return dictionary.get(self.field_name, empty)
 
     def to_internal_value(self, data):
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ class DictField(Field):
         Dicts of native values <- Dicts of primitive datatypes.
         """
         if html.is_html_input(data):
-            data = html.parse_html_dict(data)
+            data = html.parse_json_form(data)
         if not isinstance(data, dict):
             self.fail('not_a_dict', input_type=type(data).__name__)
         return dict([