diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
index 4f20472e005..8c6163337f0 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ public function escape($value, $binary = false)
      */
     protected function escapeString($value)
     {
-        return $this->getPdo()->quote($value);
+        return $this->getReadPdo()->quote($value);
     }
 
     /**