diff --git a/j2k/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/ExpressionConverter.kt b/j2k/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/ExpressionConverter.kt
index 73ad57b3953..47d884f3c93 100644
--- a/j2k/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/ExpressionConverter.kt
+++ b/j2k/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/ExpressionConverter.kt
@@ -310,12 +310,21 @@ class DefaultExpressionConverter : JavaElementVisitor(), ExpressionConverter {
                 val toIntIsNeeded = value != null && value.toString().toInt() < 0 && !isLongField(expression.parent)
                 text = if (value != null && !isHexLiteral(text)) value.toString() else text + (if (toIntIsNeeded) ".toInt()" else "")
             }
-            if (typeStr == "java.lang.String" || typeStr == "char")
+            if (typeStr == "char") {
                 text = text.replace("\\\\([0-3]?[0-7]{1,2})".toRegex()) {
                     String.format("\\u%04x", Integer.parseInt(it.groupValues[1], 8))
                 }
+            }
 
             if (typeStr == "java.lang.String") {
+                text = text.replace("((?:\\\\)*)\\\\([0-3]?[0-7]{1,2})".toRegex()) {
+                    val leadingBackslashes = it.groupValues[1]
+                    if (leadingBackslashes.length % 2 == 0) {
+                        String.format("%s\\u%04x", leadingBackslashes, Integer.parseInt(it.groupValues[2], 8))
+                    } else {
+                        it.value
+                    }
+                }
                 text = text.replace("\\$([A-Za-z]+|\\{)".toRegex(), "\\\\$0")
             }
         }
diff --git a/j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedBackslash.java b/j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedBackslash.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00ea5ba28c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedBackslash.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+public class A {
+    private String s1 = "\1";
+    private String s2 = "\\1";
+    private String s3 = "\\\1";
+    private String s4 = "\\\\1";
+    private String s5 = "\\\\\1";
+    private String s6 = "\1\1";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedBackslash.kt b/j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedBackslash.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..375da9bebe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedBackslash.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class A {
+    private val s1 = "\u0001"
+    private val s2 = "\\1"
+    private val s3 = "\\\u0001"
+    private val s4 = "\\\\1"
+    private val s5 = "\\\\\u0001"
+    private val s6 = "\u0001\u0001"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/j2k/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToKotlinConverterForWebDemoTestGenerated.java b/j2k/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToKotlinConverterForWebDemoTestGenerated.java
index b3bb20c2a24..933d292faf6 100644
--- a/j2k/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToKotlinConverterForWebDemoTestGenerated.java
+++ b/j2k/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToKotlinConverterForWebDemoTestGenerated.java
@@ -4430,6 +4430,12 @@ public class JavaToKotlinConverterForWebDemoTestGenerated extends AbstractJavaTo
             KotlinTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.java$"), TargetBackend.ANY, true);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("escapedBackslash.java")
+        public void testEscapedBackslash() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedBackslash.java");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("escapedDollar.java")
         public void testEscapedDollar() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedDollar.java");
diff --git a/j2k/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToKotlinConverterSingleFileTestGenerated.java b/j2k/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToKotlinConverterSingleFileTestGenerated.java
index 6c8f6cb517f..9f6dca091f4 100644
--- a/j2k/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToKotlinConverterSingleFileTestGenerated.java
+++ b/j2k/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToKotlinConverterSingleFileTestGenerated.java
@@ -4430,6 +4430,12 @@ public class JavaToKotlinConverterSingleFileTestGenerated extends AbstractJavaTo
             KotlinTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.java$"), TargetBackend.ANY, true);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("escapedBackslash.java")
+        public void testEscapedBackslash() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedBackslash.java");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("escapedDollar.java")
         public void testEscapedDollar() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("j2k/testData/fileOrElement/strings/escapedDollar.java");