diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_printf.rs b/tests/by-util/test_printf.rs
index b5c9dc3ed..f8f941ad8 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_printf.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_printf.rs
@@ -429,3 +429,11 @@ fn sub_any_specifiers_after_second_param() {
         .succeeds()
         .stdout_only("3");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn stop_after_additional_escape() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["A%sC\\cD%sF", "B", "E"]) //spell-checker:disable-line
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only("ABC");
+}