diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 88c2d95b..73c8a1ce 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -2913,6 +2913,10 @@ static void minify_string(char **input, char **output) {
             *input += static_strlen("\"");
             *output += static_strlen("\"");
             return;
+        } else if (((*input)[0] == '\\') && ((*input)[1] == '\\')) {
+            (*output)[1] = (*input)[1];
+            *input += static_strlen("\\");
+            *output += static_strlen("\\");
         } else if (((*input)[0] == '\\') && ((*input)[1] == '\"')) {
             (*output)[1] = (*input)[1];
             *input += static_strlen("\"");