diff --git a/oelint_adv/rule_base/rule_var_multilineindent.py b/oelint_adv/rule_base/rule_var_multilineindent.py
index a12be34..ba101c0 100644
--- a/oelint_adv/rule_base/rule_var_multilineindent.py
+++ b/oelint_adv/rule_base/rule_var_multilineindent.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
     def __line_stats(self, raw: str, name: str, op: str) -> Tuple[int, List[str]]:
         _map = {}
 
+        raw = raw.replace('\x1b"', '"')
+
         first_line_determines_indent = False
         # If the first line already has non-whitespace content, determine the alignment relative to the
         # first quotation mark.
diff --git a/tests/test_class_oelint_vars_multilineident.py b/tests/test_class_oelint_vars_multilineident.py
index cadf21d..c218cff 100644
--- a/tests/test_class_oelint_vars_multilineident.py
+++ b/tests/test_class_oelint_vars_multilineident.py
@@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ def test_bad_two(self, input_, id_, occurrence):
                                      "
                                      ''',
                                  },
+                                 {
+                                     'oelint_adv_test.bb':
+                                     '''
+                                     A = "\\
+                                         some \\"quoted\\" value \\
+                                     "
+                                     ''',
+                                 },
                              ],
                              )
     def test_good(self, input_, id_, occurrence):