diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ConvertToStringTemplateIntention.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ConvertToStringTemplateIntention.kt
index 5d09bcc0d17..117edd5206e 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ConvertToStringTemplateIntention.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ConvertToStringTemplateIntention.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.inspections.IntentionBasedInspection
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.KtTokens
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.constants.evaluate.ConstantExpressionEvaluator
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.lazy.BodyResolveMode
 
 class ConvertToStringTemplateInspection : IntentionBasedInspection<KtBinaryExpression>(
         ConvertToStringTemplateIntention(),
@@ -86,9 +87,9 @@ class ConvertToStringTemplateIntention : SelfTargetingOffsetIndependentIntention
         val expressionText = expression.text
         return when (expression) {
             is KtConstantExpression -> {
-                val bindingContext = expression.analyze()
+                val bindingContext = expression.analyze(BodyResolveMode.PARTIAL)
                 val constant = ConstantExpressionEvaluator.getConstant(expression, bindingContext)
-                constant?.getValue(bindingContext.getType(expression)!!).toString()
+                StringUtil.escapeStringCharacters(constant?.getValue(bindingContext.getType(expression)!!).toString())
             }
 
             is KtStringTemplateExpression -> {
diff --git a/idea/testData/intentions/convertToStringTemplate/specialCharsInCharLiteral.kt b/idea/testData/intentions/convertToStringTemplate/specialCharsInCharLiteral.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95b8d7e5682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/intentions/convertToStringTemplate/specialCharsInCharLiteral.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fun foo(p1: Int, p2: Int, p3: Int) {
+    val v = <caret>"a" + p1 + '\n' + p2 + '\r' + p3 + '\t'
+}
diff --git a/idea/testData/intentions/convertToStringTemplate/specialCharsInCharLiteral.kt.after b/idea/testData/intentions/convertToStringTemplate/specialCharsInCharLiteral.kt.after
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e12f6f4a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/intentions/convertToStringTemplate/specialCharsInCharLiteral.kt.after
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fun foo(p1: Int, p2: Int, p3: Int) {
+    val v = <caret>"a$p1\n$p2\r$p3\t"
+}
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/IntentionTestGenerated.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/IntentionTestGenerated.java
index 090be6de978..5d1461910d7 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/IntentionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/IntentionTestGenerated.java
@@ -4693,6 +4693,12 @@ public class IntentionTestGenerated extends AbstractIntentionTest {
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("specialCharsInCharLiteral.kt")
+        public void testSpecialCharsInCharLiteral() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/testData/intentions/convertToStringTemplate/specialCharsInCharLiteral.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("tricky.kt")
         public void testTricky() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/testData/intentions/convertToStringTemplate/tricky.kt");