diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/filter/LikeDimFilter.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/filter/LikeDimFilter.java
index 50022390668..e7ec2fcc2d6 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/filter/LikeDimFilter.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/filter/LikeDimFilter.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class LikeDimFilter implements DimFilter
       SuffixMatch suffixMatch = SuffixMatch.MATCH_EMPTY;
       for (int i = 0; i < likePattern.length(); i++) {
         final char c = likePattern.charAt(i);
-        if (escapeChar != null && c == escapeChar) {
+        if (escapeChar != null && c == escapeChar && !escaping) {
           escaping = true;
         } else if (c == '%' && !escaping) {
           inPrefix = false;
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/filter/LikeFilterTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/filter/LikeFilterTest.java
index cc646643ea6..b6ac4f04046 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/filter/LikeFilterTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/filter/LikeFilterTest.java
@@ -206,6 +206,15 @@ public class LikeFilterTest extends BaseFilterTest
     );
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testEscapeEscapingItself()
+  {
+    assertFilterMatches(
+        new LikeDimFilter("dim1", "foooo", "o", null),
+        ImmutableList.of("1")
+    );
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testSuffixMatchWithExtractionFn()
   {