diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
index b21f7dfc5165..7cd39dd4bc2e 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const keywordRelationalOperator = /in(?:stanceof)?/y;
  * @param {*} tokens
  * @returns
  */
-function babel7CompatTokens(tokens) {
+function babel7CompatTokens(tokens, input) {
   for (let i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {
     const token = tokens[i];
     const { type } = token;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function babel7CompatTokens(tokens) {
           const backquoteEnd = start + 1;
           const backquoteEndLoc = createPositionWithColumnOffset(loc.start, 1);
           let startToken;
-          if (value.charCodeAt(0) === charCodes.graveAccent) {
+          if (input.charCodeAt(start) === charCodes.graveAccent) {
             // $FlowIgnore: hacky way to create token
             startToken = new Token({
               type: getExportedToken(tt.backQuote),
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function babel7CompatTokens(tokens) {
             // ends with '`'
             templateElementEnd = end - 1;
             templateElementEndLoc = createPositionWithColumnOffset(loc.end, -1);
-            templateValue = value.slice(1, -1);
+            templateValue = value === null ? null : value.slice(1, -1);
             // $FlowIgnore: hacky way to create token
             endToken = new Token({
               type: getExportedToken(tt.backQuote),
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function babel7CompatTokens(tokens) {
             // ends with `${`
             templateElementEnd = end - 2;
             templateElementEndLoc = createPositionWithColumnOffset(loc.end, -2);
-            templateValue = value.slice(1, -2);
+            templateValue = value === null ? null : value.slice(1, -2);
             // $FlowIgnore: hacky way to create token
             endToken = new Token({
               type: getExportedToken(tt.dollarBraceL),
@@ -197,7 +197,9 @@ export default class StatementParser extends ExpressionParser {
     file.program = this.parseProgram(program);
     file.comments = this.state.comments;
 
-    if (this.options.tokens) file.tokens = babel7CompatTokens(this.tokens);
+    if (this.options.tokens) {
+      file.tokens = babel7CompatTokens(this.tokens, this.input);
+    }
 
     return this.finishNode(file, "File");
   }
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/tokenizer/index.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/tokenizer/index.js
index 9c70fe7ab5ea..9a647a68775d 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/tokenizer/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/tokenizer/index.js
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ export default class Tokenizer extends ParserErrors {
   // Reads template string tokens.
   readTemplateToken(): void {
     let out = "",
-      chunkStart = this.state.pos, // eat '`' or `}`
+      chunkStart = this.state.pos,
       containsInvalid = false;
     ++this.state.pos; // eat '`' or `}`
     for (;;) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-octal/input.js b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-octal/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4599ae5326a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-octal/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+`\1`;
+`\1${x}\2${y}\3`;
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-octal/output.json b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-octal/output.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b39440c1505f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-octal/output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+{
+  "type": "File",
+  "start":0,"end":23,"loc":{"start":{"line":1,"column":0},"end":{"line":2,"column":17}},
+  "errors": [
+    "SyntaxError: Invalid escape sequence in template. (1:2)",
+    "SyntaxError: Invalid escape sequence in template. (2:2)",
+    "SyntaxError: Invalid escape sequence in template. (2:8)",
+    "SyntaxError: Invalid escape sequence in template. (2:14)"
+  ],
+  "program": {
+    "type": "Program",
+    "start":0,"end":23,"loc":{"start":{"line":1,"column":0},"end":{"line":2,"column":17}},
+    "sourceType": "script",
+    "interpreter": null,
+    "body": [
+      {
+        "type": "ExpressionStatement",
+        "start":0,"end":5,"loc":{"start":{"line":1,"column":0},"end":{"line":1,"column":5}},
+        "expression": {
+          "type": "TemplateLiteral",
+          "start":0,"end":4,"loc":{"start":{"line":1,"column":0},"end":{"line":1,"column":4}},
+          "expressions": [],
+          "quasis": [
+            {
+              "type": "TemplateElement",
+              "start":1,"end":3,"loc":{"start":{"line":1,"column":1},"end":{"line":1,"column":3}},
+              "value": {
+                "raw": "\\1",
+                "cooked": null
+              },
+              "tail": true
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "ExpressionStatement",
+        "start":6,"end":23,"loc":{"start":{"line":2,"column":0},"end":{"line":2,"column":17}},
+        "expression": {
+          "type": "TemplateLiteral",
+          "start":6,"end":22,"loc":{"start":{"line":2,"column":0},"end":{"line":2,"column":16}},
+          "expressions": [
+            {
+              "type": "Identifier",
+              "start":11,"end":12,"loc":{"start":{"line":2,"column":5},"end":{"line":2,"column":6},"identifierName":"x"},
+              "name": "x"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "Identifier",
+              "start":17,"end":18,"loc":{"start":{"line":2,"column":11},"end":{"line":2,"column":12},"identifierName":"y"},
+              "name": "y"
+            }
+          ],
+          "quasis": [
+            {
+              "type": "TemplateElement",
+              "start":7,"end":9,"loc":{"start":{"line":2,"column":1},"end":{"line":2,"column":3}},
+              "value": {
+                "raw": "\\1",
+                "cooked": null
+              },
+              "tail": false
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "TemplateElement",
+              "start":13,"end":15,"loc":{"start":{"line":2,"column":7},"end":{"line":2,"column":9}},
+              "value": {
+                "raw": "\\2",
+                "cooked": null
+              },
+              "tail": false
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "TemplateElement",
+              "start":19,"end":21,"loc":{"start":{"line":2,"column":13},"end":{"line":2,"column":15}},
+              "value": {
+                "raw": "\\3",
+                "cooked": null
+              },
+              "tail": true
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    ],
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+  },
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+        "isLoop": false,
+        "isAssign": false,
+        "prefix": false,
+        "postfix": false,
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diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-unicode-escape-codepoint/input.js b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-unicode-escape-codepoint/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ef2bb8552f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-unicode-escape-codepoint/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+`\u{g}`;
+`\u{g}${x}\u{g}${y}\u{g}`;
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-unicode-escape-codepoint/output.json b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-unicode-escape-codepoint/output.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c4984332c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/tokens/template-string-babel-7/invalid-unicode-escape-codepoint/output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
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+    "SyntaxError: Invalid escape sequence in template. (2:2)",
+    "SyntaxError: Invalid escape sequence in template. (2:11)",
+    "SyntaxError: Invalid escape sequence in template. (2:20)"
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index 000000000000..1ef2bb8552f8
--- /dev/null
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--- /dev/null
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