diff --git a/cmake/nuttx_mkconfig.cmake b/cmake/nuttx_mkconfig.cmake
index 19aeee494b..54b2e1072f 100644
--- a/cmake/nuttx_mkconfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/nuttx_mkconfig.cmake
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ foreach(NameAndValue ${ConfigContents})
   string(REGEX REPLACE "^[ ]+" "" NameAndValue ${NameAndValue})
   string(REGEX MATCH "^CONFIG[^=]+" NAME ${NameAndValue})
   string(REPLACE "${NAME}=" "" VALUE ${NameAndValue})
-
   if(NAME AND NOT "${VALUE}" STREQUAL "")
     if(${VALUE} STREQUAL "y")
       file(APPEND ${CONFIG_H} "#define ${NAME} 1\n")
@@ -99,7 +98,8 @@ foreach(NameAndValue ${ConfigContents})
       foreach(dequote ${DEQUOTELIST})
         if("${NAME}" STREQUAL "${dequote}")
           if(NOT "${VALUE}" STREQUAL "\"\"")
-            string(REGEX REPLACE "\"" "" VALUE ${VALUE})
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "^\"(.*)\"$" "\\1" VALUE "${VALUE}")
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\\\\"" "\"" VALUE "${VALUE}")
           else()
             set(VALUE)
             file(APPEND ${CONFIG_H} "#undef ${NAME}\n")