diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index 7a964ad2ff7..e15be516369 100644
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ die () {
 die_with_status () {
 	status=$1
 	shift
-	echo >&2 "$*"
+	printf >&2 '%s\n' "$*"
 	exit "$status"
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 49ccb38f885..4dbeddb0de1 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -976,4 +976,17 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -i with --strategy and -X' '
 	test $(cat file1) = Z
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase -i error on commits with \ in message' '
+	current_head=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort; git reset --hard $current_head; rm -f error" &&
+	test_commit TO-REMOVE will-conflict old-content &&
+	test_commit "\temp" will-conflict new-content dummy &&
+	(
+	EDITOR=true &&
+	export EDITOR &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase -i HEAD^ --onto HEAD^^ 2>error
+	) &&
+	test_expect_code 1 grep  "	emp" error
+'
+
 test_done