diff --git a/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/es6-template-literals.js b/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/es6-template-literals.js
index 64de6e7eed..116a583609 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/es6-template-literals.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/es6-template-literals.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ exports.TaggedTemplateExpression = function (node, parent, file) {
 
   _.each(quasi.quasis, function (elem) {
     strings.push(t.literal(elem.value.cooked));
-    raw.push(t.literal(elem.value.value));
+    raw.push(t.literal(elem.value.raw));
   });
 
   args.push(t.callExpression(file.addDeclaration("tagged-template-literal"), [