diff --git a/lldb/test/tools/lldb-mi/variable/TestMiVar.py b/lldb/test/tools/lldb-mi/variable/TestMiVar.py
index eeb4f601d5f5..e8813c4e6474 100644
--- a/lldb/test/tools/lldb-mi/variable/TestMiVar.py
+++ b/lldb/test/tools/lldb-mi/variable/TestMiVar.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class MiVarTestCase(lldbmi_testcase.MiTestCaseBase):
 
         # Print non-existant variable
         self.runCmd("-var-create var1 * undef")
-        self.expect("\^error,msg=\"error: error: use of undeclared identifier \'undef\'\s+error: 1 errors parsing expression\"")
+        self.expect("\^error,msg=\"error: error: use of undeclared identifier \'undef\'\\\\nerror: 1 errors parsing expression\\\\n\"")
         self.runCmd("-data-evaluate-expression undef")
         self.expect("\^error,msg=\"Could not evaluate expression\"")
 
diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmdCmdVar.cpp b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmdCmdVar.cpp
index 3c3c9226c943..97270ec6d658 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmdCmdVar.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmdCmdVar.cpp
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ CMICmdCmdVarCreate::Acknowledge(void)
     CMIUtilString strErrMsg(m_strValue);
     if (m_strValue.empty())
         strErrMsg = CMIUtilString::Format(MIRSRC(IDS_CMD_ERR_VARIABLE_CREATION_FAILED), m_strExpression.c_str());
-    const CMICmnMIValueConst miValueConst(strErrMsg);
+    const CMICmnMIValueConst miValueConst(strErrMsg.Escape(true /* vbEscapeQuotes */));
     CMICmnMIValueResult miValueResult("msg", miValueConst);
     const CMICmnMIResultRecord miRecordResult(m_cmdData.strMiCmdToken, CMICmnMIResultRecord::eResultClass_Error, miValueResult);
     m_miResultRecord = miRecordResult;