diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/quickfix/TooLongCharLiteralToStringFix.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/quickfix/TooLongCharLiteralToStringFix.kt
index ff1bdf184e4..32e37c9f57e 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/quickfix/TooLongCharLiteralToStringFix.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/quickfix/TooLongCharLiteralToStringFix.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.intellij.codeInsight.intention.IntentionAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Diagnostic
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Errors
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtConstantExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPsiFactory
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ class TooLongCharLiteralToStringFix(
         override fun createAction(diagnostic: Diagnostic): IntentionAction? {
             val element = diagnostic.psiElement as? KtConstantExpression ?: return null
             if (element.text == "'\\'") return null
+            if (element.text.startsWith("\"")) return null
             return TooLongCharLiteralToStringFix(element = element)
         }
     }
diff --git a/idea/testData/quickfix/tooLongCharLiteralToString/startWithBackslashInString.kt b/idea/testData/quickfix/tooLongCharLiteralToString/startWithBackslashInString.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0360bda5c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/quickfix/tooLongCharLiteralToString/startWithBackslashInString.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// "Convert too long character literal to string" "false"
+// ACTION: Introduce local variable
+// ACTION: To raw string literal
+// ERROR: Illegal escape: '\ '
+
+fun foo() {
+    "\ <caret>"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/quickfix/QuickFixTestGenerated.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/quickfix/QuickFixTestGenerated.java
index 11081f655ee..ea364654916 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/quickfix/QuickFixTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/quickfix/QuickFixTestGenerated.java
@@ -10525,6 +10525,11 @@ public class QuickFixTestGenerated extends AbstractQuickFixTest {
         public void testStartWithBackslash() throws Exception {
             runTest("idea/testData/quickfix/tooLongCharLiteralToString/startWithBackslash.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("startWithBackslashInString.kt")
+        public void testStartWithBackslashInString() throws Exception {
+            runTest("idea/testData/quickfix/tooLongCharLiteralToString/startWithBackslashInString.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("idea/testData/quickfix/typeAddition")