diff --git a/src/scan-gram.l b/src/scan-gram.l
index 3b03923a..ad254694 100644
--- a/src/scan-gram.l
+++ b/src/scan-gram.l
@@ -566,8 +566,6 @@ eqopt    ({sp}=)?
               _("POSIX Yacc does not support string literals"));
     RETURN_VALUE (STRING, last_string);
   }
-  <<EOF>>   unexpected_eof (token_start, "\"");
-  {eol}     unexpected_newline (token_start, "\"");
 }
 
 <SC_ESCAPED_TSTRING>
@@ -580,10 +578,15 @@ eqopt    ({sp}=)?
               _("POSIX Yacc does not support string literals"));
     RETURN_VALUE (TSTRING, last_string);
   }
+}
+
+<SC_ESCAPED_STRING,SC_ESCAPED_TSTRING>
+{
   <<EOF>>   unexpected_eof (token_start, "\"");
   "\n"      unexpected_newline (token_start, "\"");
 }
 
+
   /*----------------------------------------------------------.
   | Scanning a Bison character literal, decoding its escapes. |
   | The initial quote is already eaten.                       |