diff --git a/Lib/email/message.py b/Lib/email/message.py
index 6adb3f6..993a1ac 100644
--- a/Lib/email/message.py
+++ b/Lib/email/message.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     while s[:1] == ';':
         s = s[1:]
         end = s.find(';')
-        while end > 0 and s.count('"', 0, end) % 2:
+        while end > 0 and (s.count('"', 0, end) - s.count('\\"', 0, end)) % 2:
             end = s.find(';', end + 1)
         if end < 0:
             end = len(s)
diff --git a/Lib/email/test/test_email.py b/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
index 36b308f..22eddd5 100644
--- a/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
+++ b/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
@@ -351,6 +351,14 @@
         self.assertEqual(msg.get_param('name', unquote=False),
                          '"Jim&amp;&amp;Jill"')
 
+    def test_get_param_with_quotes(self):
+        msg = email.message_from_string(
+            'Content-Type: foo; bar*0="baz\\"foobar"; bar*1="\\"baz"')
+        self.assertEqual(msg.get_param('bar'), 'baz"foobar"baz')
+        msg = email.message_from_string(
+            "Content-Type: foo; bar*0=\"baz\\\"foobar\"; bar*1=\"\\\"baz\"")
+        self.assertEqual(msg.get_param('bar'), 'baz"foobar"baz')
+
     def test_has_key(self):
         msg = email.message_from_string('Header: exists')
         self.assertTrue(msg.has_key('header'))