diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
index 8acd37ddf..c197a2043 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ m		([\-+]?)
 					}
 @					return '@';
 
-\"(\\.|[^"])*\"		{
+\"(\\.|[^"\\])*\"	{
 						yylval.string_val = make_string (yytext);
 						return STRING_VAL;
 					}