diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/text/StringUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/text/StringUtil.java
index 63fe7de8a65a..acd5d2068407 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/text/StringUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/text/StringUtil.java
@@ -493,6 +493,15 @@ public class StringUtil {
                                                      @NotNull String str,
                                                      @Nullable String additionalChars,
                                                      @NotNull @NonNls StringBuilder buffer) {
+    return escapeStringCharacters(length, str, additionalChars, true, buffer);
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  public static StringBuilder escapeStringCharacters(int length,
+                                                     @NotNull String str,
+                                                     @Nullable String additionalChars,
+                                                     boolean escapeSlash,
+                                                     @NotNull @NonNls StringBuilder buffer) {
     for (int idx = 0; idx < length; idx++) {
       char ch = str.charAt(idx);
       switch (ch) {
@@ -516,12 +525,11 @@ public class StringUtil {
           buffer.append("\\r");
           break;
 
-        case '\\':
-          buffer.append("\\\\");
-          break;
-
         default:
-          if (additionalChars != null && additionalChars.indexOf(ch) > -1) {
+          if (escapeSlash && ch == '\\') {
+            buffer.append("\\\\");
+          }
+          else if (additionalChars != null && additionalChars.indexOf(ch) > -1) {
             buffer.append("\\").append(ch);
           }
           else if (Character.isISOControl(ch)) {
diff --git a/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/ui/tree/nodes/XValueNodeImpl.java b/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/ui/tree/nodes/XValueNodeImpl.java
index 6353017b54ac..2dc6bc70e05b 100644
--- a/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/ui/tree/nodes/XValueNodeImpl.java
+++ b/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/ui/tree/nodes/XValueNodeImpl.java
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ public class XValueNodeImpl extends XValueContainerNode<XValue> implements XValu
   }
 
   public void setPresentation(@NonNls final String name, @Nullable final Icon icon, @NonNls @Nullable final String type, @NonNls @NotNull final String separator,
-                              @NonNls @NotNull final String value,
-                              final boolean hasChildren) {
+                              @NonNls @NotNull final String value, final boolean hasChildren) {
     DebuggerUIUtil.invokeOnEventDispatch(new Runnable() {
       public void run() {
         setIcon(icon);
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ public class XValueNodeImpl extends XValueContainerNode<XValue> implements XValu
     final StringBuilder builder = StringBuilderSpinAllocator.alloc();
     String value;
     try {
-      StringUtil.escapeStringCharacters(myValue.length(), myValue, null, builder);
+      StringUtil.escapeStringCharacters(myValue.length(), myValue, null, false, builder);
       value = builder.toString();
     }
     finally {