diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverter.java
index c3cad8ac562..1594dcb4208 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -350,17 +350,22 @@ public class FormHttpMessageConverter implements HttpMessageConverter<MultiValue
 
 		String[] pairs = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(body, "&");
 		MultiValueMap<String, String> result = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>(pairs.length);
-		for (String pair : pairs) {
-			int idx = pair.indexOf('=');
-			if (idx == -1) {
-				result.add(URLDecoder.decode(pair, charset), null);
-			}
-			else {
-				String name = URLDecoder.decode(pair.substring(0, idx), charset);
-				String value = URLDecoder.decode(pair.substring(idx + 1), charset);
-				result.add(name, value);
+		try {
+			for (String pair : pairs) {
+				int idx = pair.indexOf('=');
+				if (idx == -1) {
+					result.add(URLDecoder.decode(pair, charset), null);
+				}
+				else {
+					String name = URLDecoder.decode(pair.substring(0, idx), charset);
+					String value = URLDecoder.decode(pair.substring(idx + 1), charset);
+					result.add(name, value);
+				}
 			}
 		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+			throw new HttpMessageNotReadableException("Could not decode HTTP form payload", ex, inputMessage);
+		}
 		return result;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 98c937bc733..e0ac599e3f5 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.testfixture.http.MockHttpOutputMessage;
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED;
 import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON;
 import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA;
@@ -132,6 +133,27 @@ class FormHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		assertThat(result.getFirst("name 3")).as("Invalid result").isNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void readInvalidFormWithValueThatWontUrlDecode() {
+		//java.net.URLDecoder doesn't like negative integer values after a % character
+		String body = "name+1=value+1&name+2=value+2%" + ((char)-1);
+		assertInvalidFormIsRejectedWithSpecificException(body);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void readInvalidFormWithNameThatWontUrlDecode() {
+		//java.net.URLDecoder doesn't like negative integer values after a % character
+		String body = "name+1=value+1&name+2%" + ((char)-1) + "=value+2";
+		assertInvalidFormIsRejectedWithSpecificException(body);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void readInvalidFormWithNameWithNoValueThatWontUrlDecode() {
+		//java.net.URLDecoder doesn't like negative integer values after a % character
+		String body = "name+1=value+1&name+2%" + ((char)-1);
+		assertInvalidFormIsRejectedWithSpecificException(body);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void writeForm() throws IOException {
 		MultiValueMap<String, String> body = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
@@ -410,6 +432,17 @@ class FormHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		assertThat(this.converter.canWrite(clazz, mediaType)).as(clazz.getSimpleName() + " : " + mediaType).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	private void assertInvalidFormIsRejectedWithSpecificException(String body) {
+		MockHttpInputMessage inputMessage = new MockHttpInputMessage(body.getBytes(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1));
+		inputMessage.getHeaders().setContentType(
+				new MediaType("application", "x-www-form-urlencoded", StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1));
+
+		assertThatThrownBy(() -> this.converter.read(null, inputMessage))
+				.isInstanceOf(HttpMessageNotReadableException.class)
+				.hasCauseInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+				.hasMessage("Could not decode HTTP form payload");
+	}
+
 
 	private static class MockHttpOutputMessageRequestContext implements UploadContext {