diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el
index 129134814e3..47645231b75 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el
@@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ Prepend remote identification of `default-directory', if any."
                (string-prefix-p "//" filename))
       (setq index 2))
     (while (< index len)
-      (when (and (eq (aref filename index) ?/)
-                 (not (get-text-property index 'escaped filename)))
+      (when (eq (aref filename index) ?/)
         (push (if (= curr-start index) "/"
                 (substring filename curr-start (1+ index)))
               parts)
diff --git a/test/lisp/eshell/em-glob-tests.el b/test/lisp/eshell/em-glob-tests.el
index 40cdfd1a676..d7d8f59eda0 100644
--- a/test/lisp/eshell/em-glob-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/eshell/em-glob-tests.el
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ value of `eshell-glob-splice-results'."
                  `(,(format "%s/some/where/" remote)
                    (("\\`.*\\.el\\'" . "\\`\\.")) nil)))))
 
+(ert-deftest em-glob-test/convert/quoted-start-directory ()
+  "Test converting a glob starting in a quoted directory name."
+  (should (equal (eshell-glob-convert
+                  (concat (eshell-escape-arg "some where/") "*.el"))
+                 '("./some where/" (("\\`.*\\.el\\'" . "\\`\\.")) nil))))
+
 
 ;; Glob matching