diff --git a/lib/output.js b/lib/output.js
index 3cd66502..b96d78a9 100644
--- a/lib/output.js
+++ b/lib/output.js
@@ -171,17 +171,6 @@ function OutputStream(options) {
             return '"' + str.replace(/\x22/g, '\\"') + '"';
         }
         function quote_template() {
-            if (!options.ascii_only) {
-                str = str.replace(/\\(n|r|u2028|u2029)/g, function(s, c) {
-                    switch(c) {
-                        case "n": return "\n";
-                        case "r": return "\r";
-                        case "u2028": return "\u2028";
-                        case "u2029": return "\u2029";
-                    }
-                    return s;
-                });
-            }
             return '`' + str.replace(/`/g, '\\`') + '`';
         }
         if (options.ascii_only) str = to_ascii(str);
diff --git a/test/compress/template-string.js b/test/compress/template-string.js
index 4b3acd49..d9570c0a 100644
--- a/test/compress/template-string.js
+++ b/test/compress/template-string.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ template_strings_without_ascii_only: {
         bar
         ↂωↂ`
     }
-    expect_exact: "var foo=`foo\n        bar\n        ↂωↂ`;"
+    expect_exact: "var foo=`foo\\n        bar\\n        ↂωↂ`;"
 }
 
 template_string_with_constant_expression: {
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ template_starting_with_newline: {
             return `
 this is a template string!`;
         };
-    } expect_exact: "function foo(e){return`\nthis is a template string!`}"
+    }
+    expect_exact: "function foo(e){return`\\nthis is a template string!`}"
 }
 
 template_with_newline: {
@@ -363,7 +364,8 @@ template_with_newline: {
             return `yep,
 this is a template string!`;
         };
-    } expect_exact: "function foo(e){return`yep,\nthis is a template string!`}"
+    }
+    expect_exact: "function foo(e){return`yep,\\nthis is a template string!`}"
 }
 
 template_ending_with_newline: {
@@ -375,5 +377,26 @@ template_ending_with_newline: {
             return `this is a template string!
 `;
         };
-    } expect_exact: "function foo(e){return`this is a template string!\n`}"
+    }
+    expect_exact: "function foo(e){return`this is a template string!\\n`}"
+}
+
+issue_1856: {
+    beautify = {
+        ascii_only: false,
+    }
+    input: {
+        console.log(`\\n\\r\\u2028\\u2029\n\r\u2028\u2029`);
+    }
+    expect_exact: "console.log(`\\\\n\\\\r\\\\u2028\\\\u2029\\n\\r\\u2028\\u2029`);"
+}
+
+issue_1856_ascii_only: {
+    beautify = {
+        ascii_only: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        console.log(`\\n\\r\\u2028\\u2029\n\r\u2028\u2029`);
+    }
+    expect_exact: "console.log(`\\\\n\\\\r\\\\u2028\\\\u2029\\n\\r\\u2028\\u2029`);"
 }