diff --git a/models/points.go b/models/points.go
index 3b337320095..6d083f7e7d1 100644
--- a/models/points.go
+++ b/models/points.go
@@ -1038,8 +1038,8 @@ func scanFieldValue(buf []byte, i int) (int, []byte) {
 	start := i
 	quoted := false
 	for i < len(buf) {
-		// Only escape char for a field value is a double-quote
-		if buf[i] == '\\' && i+1 < len(buf) && buf[i+1] == '"' {
+		// Only escape char for a field value is a double-quote and backslash
+		if buf[i] == '\\' && i+1 < len(buf) && (buf[i+1] == '"' || buf[i+1] == '\\') {
 			i += 2
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/models/points_test.go b/models/points_test.go
index 9ca8e85af35..0652964696c 100644
--- a/models/points_test.go
+++ b/models/points_test.go
@@ -1086,6 +1086,21 @@ func TestParsePointWithStringWithCommas(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			time.Unix(1, 0)),
 	)
+
+	// string w/ trailing escape chars
+	test(t, `cpu,host=serverA,region=us-east str="foo\\",str2="bar" 1000000000`,
+		NewTestPoint(
+			"cpu",
+			models.NewTags(map[string]string{
+				"host":   "serverA",
+				"region": "us-east",
+			}),
+			models.Fields{
+				"str":  "foo\\", // trailing escape char
+				"str2": "bar",
+			},
+			time.Unix(1, 0)),
+	)
 }
 
 func TestParsePointQuotedMeasurement(t *testing.T) {