diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
index 56322c387d386..20365a6583b8e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
@@ -1170,7 +1170,9 @@ private function lexInlineQuotedString(int &$cursor = 0): string
             for (; \strlen($this->currentLine) > $cursor; ++$cursor) {
                 switch ($this->currentLine[$cursor]) {
                     case '\\':
-                        if (isset($this->currentLine[++$cursor])) {
+                        if ("'" === $quotation) {
+                            $value .= '\\';
+                        } elseif (isset($this->currentLine[++$cursor])) {
                             $value .= '\\'.$this->currentLine[$cursor];
                         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
index cea3d3f330a71..bc5332e5135b2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
@@ -1618,6 +1618,11 @@ public function escapedQuotationCharactersInQuotedStrings()
         ];
     }
 
+    public function testBackslashInSingleQuotedString()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame(['foo' => 'bar\\'], $this->parser->parse("foo: 'bar\'"));
+    }
+
     public function testParseMultiLineString()
     {
         $this->assertEquals("foo bar\nbaz", $this->parser->parse("foo\nbar\n\nbaz"));