diff --git a/crates/libsyntax2/src/lexer/strings.rs b/crates/libsyntax2/src/lexer/strings.rs
index a6da97d47e1..e6ade54a4a5 100644
--- a/crates/libsyntax2/src/lexer/strings.rs
+++ b/crates/libsyntax2/src/lexer/strings.rs
@@ -102,23 +102,11 @@ pub(crate) fn scan_raw_string(ptr: &mut Ptr) {
 }
 
 fn scan_byte(ptr: &mut Ptr) {
-    if ptr.next_is('\'') {
-        ptr.bump();
-        return;
-    }
-    ptr.bump();
-    if ptr.next_is('\'') {
-        ptr.bump();
-        return;
-    }
+    scan_char(ptr)
 }
 
 fn scan_byte_string(ptr: &mut Ptr) {
-    while let Some(c) = ptr.bump() {
-        if c == '"' {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
+    scan_string(ptr)
 }
 
 fn scan_raw_byte_string(ptr: &mut Ptr) {
diff --git a/crates/libsyntax2/tests/data/lexer/0008_byte_strings.rs b/crates/libsyntax2/tests/data/lexer/0008_byte_strings.rs
index 9dd1570de77..b54930f5e69 100644
--- a/crates/libsyntax2/tests/data/lexer/0008_byte_strings.rs
+++ b/crates/libsyntax2/tests/data/lexer/0008_byte_strings.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 b'' b'x' b"foo" br""
 b''suf b""ix br""br
+b'\n' b'\\' b'\'' b'hello'
diff --git a/crates/libsyntax2/tests/data/lexer/0008_byte_strings.txt b/crates/libsyntax2/tests/data/lexer/0008_byte_strings.txt
index ed8cd4babda..bc03b51a8ab 100644
--- a/crates/libsyntax2/tests/data/lexer/0008_byte_strings.txt
+++ b/crates/libsyntax2/tests/data/lexer/0008_byte_strings.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,11 @@ BYTE_STRING 5 "b\"\"ix"
 WHITESPACE 1 " "
 RAW_BYTE_STRING 6 "br\"\"br"
 WHITESPACE 1 "\n"
+BYTE 5 "b\'\\n\'"
+WHITESPACE 1 " "
+BYTE 5 "b\'\\\\\'"
+WHITESPACE 1 " "
+BYTE 5 "b\'\\\'\'"
+WHITESPACE 1 " "
+BYTE 8 "b\'hello\'"
+WHITESPACE 1 "\n"