diff --git a/django/core/urlresolvers.py b/django/core/urlresolvers.py
index 2ef3d6f169..2ad63bfc7d 100644
--- a/django/core/urlresolvers.py
+++ b/django/core/urlresolvers.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def reverse_helper(regex, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     # TODO: Handle nested parenthesis in the following regex.
     result = re.sub(r'\(([^)]+)\)', MatchChecker(args, kwargs), regex.pattern)
-    return result.replace('^', '').replace('$', '')
+    return result.replace('^', '').replace('$', '').replace('\\', '')
 
 class MatchChecker(object):
     "Class used in reverse RegexURLPattern lookup."
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
index 8f571ac66c..610c3f7bc7 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ test_data = (
     ('^hardcoded/$', 'hardcoded/', [], {}),
     ('^hardcoded/$', 'hardcoded/', ['any arg'], {}),
     ('^hardcoded/$', 'hardcoded/', [], {'kwarg': 'foo'}),
+    ('^hardcoded/doc\\.pdf$', 'hardcoded/doc.pdf', [], {}),
     ('^people/(?P<state>\w\w)/(?P<name>\w+)/$', 'people/il/adrian/', [], {'state': 'il', 'name': 'adrian'}),
     ('^people/(?P<state>\w\w)/(?P<name>\d)/$', NoReverseMatch, [], {'state': 'il', 'name': 'adrian'}),
     ('^people/(?P<state>\w\w)/(?P<name>\w+)/$', NoReverseMatch, [], {'state': 'il'}),