diff --git a/rules/php73/tests/Rector/FuncCall/RegexDashEscapeRector/Fixture/slashes.php.inc b/rules/php73/tests/Rector/FuncCall/RegexDashEscapeRector/Fixture/slashes.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eae255f466c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/php73/tests/Rector/FuncCall/RegexDashEscapeRector/Fixture/slashes.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Php73\Tests\Rector\FuncCall\RegexDashEscapeRector\Fixture;
+
+class Slashes
+{
+    public function run()
+    {
+        preg_match('#[\-\d]$#', 'test');
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Php73\Tests\Rector\FuncCall\RegexDashEscapeRector\Fixture;
+
+class Slashes
+{
+    public function run()
+    {
+        preg_match('#[\\-\d]$#', 'test');
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php b/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
index affc74e51fa..eddab5be3c0 100644
--- a/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
+++ b/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
@@ -266,9 +266,15 @@ final class BetterStandardPrinter extends Standard
      */
     protected function pScalar_String(String_ $node): string
     {
-        $kind = $node->getAttribute(AttributeKey::KIND, String_::KIND_SINGLE_QUOTED);
-        if ($kind === String_::KIND_DOUBLE_QUOTED && $node->getAttribute('is_regular_pattern')) {
-            return '"' . $node->value . '"';
+        if ($node->getAttribute('is_regular_pattern')) {
+            $kind = $node->getAttribute(AttributeKey::KIND, String_::KIND_SINGLE_QUOTED);
+            if ($kind === String_::KIND_DOUBLE_QUOTED) {
+                return '"' . $node->value . '"';
+            }
+
+            if ($kind === String_::KIND_SINGLE_QUOTED) {
+                return "'" . $node->value . "'";
+            }
         }
 
         return parent::pScalar_String($node);