diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
index 9a1e0d5263c4e..93988542d3bc8 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void ScriptParser::readEntry() {
   expect("(");
   StringRef tok = next();
   if (config->entry.empty())
-    config->entry = tok;
+    config->entry = unquote(tok);
   expect(")");
 }
 
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/entry.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/entry.s
index ecf052b3548a7..2e9b9af23f4b2 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/entry.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/entry.s
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 # RUN: ld.lld %t.script %t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readelf -hs %t | FileCheck %s
 
+# RUN: echo 'ENTRY("_label")' > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld %t.script %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -hs %t | FileCheck %s
+
 # CHECK: Entry point address: 0x[[#%x,ENTRY:]]
 # CHECK: [[#]]: {{0*}}[[#ENTRY]]   0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT [[#]] _label