ACP2E-1751 : Restoring a DB backup fails in the admin

      - Refactoring solution as per build failures and added see tag

Author: lakshmana

app/code/Magento/Backend/Block/Widget/Grid/Column/Renderer/Action.php

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  *
  * @api
  * @deprecated 100.2.0 in favour of UI component implementation
+ * @see don't recommend this approach in favour of UI component implementation
  * @since 100.0.2
  */
 class Action extends \Magento\Backend\Block\Widget\Grid\Column\Renderer\Text
@@ -135,12 +136,13 @@ protected function _toLinkHtml($action, \Magento\Framework\DataObject $row)
             $action['id'] = 'id' . $this->random->getRandomString(10);
         }
         $actionAttributes->setData($action);
-        // phpcs:ignore Magento2.Functions.DiscouragedFunction
-        $onclick = html_entity_decode($actionAttributes->getData('onclick'));
+        $onclick = $actionAttributes->getData('onclick');
         $style = $actionAttributes->getData('style');
         $actionAttributes->unsetData(['onclick', 'style']);
         $html = '<a ' . $actionAttributes->serialize() . '>' . $actionCaption . '</a>';
         if ($onclick) {
+            // phpcs:ignore Magento2.Functions.DiscouragedFunction
+            $onclick = html_entity_decode($onclick);
             $html .= $this->secureHtmlRenderer->renderEventListenerAsTag('onclick', $onclick, "#{$action['id']}");
         }
         if ($style) {