1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c b/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
index 6eb72a7f2562..8d9ce22b0fc5 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ static char *escape(const char* text, char *bf, int len)
                         ++text;
                         goto next;
                 }
+                else if (*text == '\\') {
+                        *bfp++ = '\\';
+                        len--;
+                }
                 *bfp++ = *text++;
 next:
                 --len;