diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 6ec35e5fcd2696fb13c099a22e4a01b87042438e..c0d0e9a4c63495d4522666b6edf984c01c0cfa23 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ cmd_foreach()
 		git submodule--helper list --prefix "$wt_prefix" ||
 		echo "#unmatched" $?
 	} |
-	while read mode sha1 stage sm_path
+	while read -r mode sha1 stage sm_path
 	do
 		die_if_unmatched "$mode" "$sha1"
 		if test -e "$sm_path"/.git
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ cmd_deinit()
 		git submodule--helper list --prefix "$wt_prefix" "$@" ||
 		echo "#unmatched" $?
 	} |
-	while read mode sha1 stage sm_path
+	while read -r mode sha1 stage sm_path
 	do
 		die_if_unmatched "$mode" "$sha1"
 		name=$(git submodule--helper name "$sm_path") || exit
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ cmd_update()
 		"$@" || echo "#unmatched" $?
 	} | {
 	err=
-	while read mode sha1 stage just_cloned sm_path
+	while read -r mode sha1 stage just_cloned sm_path
 	do
 		die_if_unmatched "$mode" "$sha1"
 
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ cmd_summary() {
 	# Get modified modules cared by user
 	modules=$(git $diff_cmd $cached --ignore-submodules=dirty --raw $head -- "$@" |
 		sane_egrep '^:([0-7]* )?160000' |
-		while read mod_src mod_dst sha1_src sha1_dst status sm_path
+		while read -r mod_src mod_dst sha1_src sha1_dst status sm_path
 		do
 			# Always show modules deleted or type-changed (blob<->module)
 			if test "$status" = D || test "$status" = T
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ cmd_summary() {
 	git $diff_cmd $cached --ignore-submodules=dirty --raw $head -- $modules |
 	sane_egrep '^:([0-7]* )?160000' |
 	cut -c2- |
-	while read mod_src mod_dst sha1_src sha1_dst status name
+	while read -r mod_src mod_dst sha1_src sha1_dst status name
 	do
 		if test -z "$cached" &&
 			test $sha1_dst = 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ cmd_status()
 		git submodule--helper list --prefix "$wt_prefix" "$@" ||
 		echo "#unmatched" $?
 	} |
-	while read mode sha1 stage sm_path
+	while read -r mode sha1 stage sm_path
 	do
 		die_if_unmatched "$mode" "$sha1"
 		name=$(git submodule--helper name "$sm_path") || exit
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ cmd_sync()
 		git submodule--helper list --prefix "$wt_prefix" "$@" ||
 		echo "#unmatched" $?
 	} |
-	while read mode sha1 stage sm_path
+	while read -r mode sha1 stage sm_path
 	do
 		die_if_unmatched "$mode" "$sha1"
 
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index cf77a3a35747e40be6a8882d5bcdda498f4c4605..c2706fe4723778b68b9673fd85267ea475f791f2 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -273,6 +273,20 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule add with ./, /.. and // in path' '
 	test_cmp empty untracked
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'submodule add with \\ in path' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf parent sub\\with\\backslash" &&
+
+	# Initialize a repo with a backslash in its name
+	git init sub\\with\\backslash &&
+	touch sub\\with\\backslash/empty.file &&
+	git -C sub\\with\\backslash add empty.file &&
+	git -C sub\\with\\backslash commit -m "Added empty.file" &&
+
+	# Add that repository as a submodule
+	git init parent &&
+	git -C parent submodule add ../sub\\with\\backslash
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'submodule add in subdirectory' '
 	echo "refs/heads/master" >expect &&
 	>empty &&