diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Parsing.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Parsing.hs
index 2f6189104..37ab0adaa 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Parsing.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Parsing.hs
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ singleQuoteStart = do
   guard =<< notAfterString
   try $ do
     charOrRef "'\8216\145"
-    notFollowedBy (satisfy isSpaceChar)
+    void $ lookAhead (satisfy (not . isSpaceChar))
 
 singleQuoteEnd :: Stream s m Char
                => ParserT s st m ()
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ doubleQuoteStart = do
   failIfInQuoteContext InDoubleQuote
   guard =<< notAfterString
   try $ do charOrRef "\"\8220\147"
-           notFollowedBy (satisfy isSpaceChar)
+           void $ lookAhead (satisfy (not . isSpaceChar))
 
 doubleQuoteEnd :: Stream s m Char
                => ParserT s st m ()
diff --git a/test/command/2103.md b/test/command/2103.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14a522a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/2103.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+```
+pandoc -t latex
+| A happy pandoc user said "fix this bug please
+| or I'll go crazy!"
+^D
+A happy pandoc user said ``fix this bug please\\
+or I'll go crazy!''
+```