diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index c8c07a6..df8592d 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1758,6 +1758,7 @@
 	    (ch == (Py_UNICODE) PyString_AS_STRING(repr)[1] || ch == '\\')) {
             *p++ = '\\';
             *p++ = (char) ch;
+	    continue;
         } 
 
 #ifdef Py_UNICODE_WIDE