diff --git a/lib/rex/post/meterpreter/extensions/stdapi/sys/registry.rb b/lib/rex/post/meterpreter/extensions/stdapi/sys/registry.rb
index 79fe74abfe..43611b3345 100644
--- a/lib/rex/post/meterpreter/extensions/stdapi/sys/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/post/meterpreter/extensions/stdapi/sys/registry.rb
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class Registry
   # 'Software\Dog' ]
   #
   def self.splitkey(str)
-    if (str =~ /^(.+?)\\(.*)$/)
+    if (str =~ /^(.+?)[\\]{1,}(.*)$/)
       [ key2str($1), $2 ]
     else
       [ key2str(str), nil ]