diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index b517a8794400..cd5eac2ba054 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@ static struct nfs4_client *get_nfsdfs_clp(struct inode *inode)
 static void seq_quote_mem(struct seq_file *m, char *data, int len)
 {
 	seq_printf(m, "\"");
-	seq_escape_mem_ascii(m, data, len);
+	seq_escape_mem(m, data, len, ESCAPE_HEX | ESCAPE_NAP | ESCAPE_APPEND, "\"\\");
 	seq_printf(m, "\"");
 }