diff --git a/templates/src/objective-c/BoringSSL-GRPC.podspec.template b/templates/src/objective-c/BoringSSL-GRPC.podspec.template
index fec3c4469d9..10a3e64ef35 100644
--- a/templates/src/objective-c/BoringSSL-GRPC.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/src/objective-c/BoringSSL-GRPC.podspec.template
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@
       # Remove lines of the format "#define SOME_MACRO SOME_MACRO" because they mess up the symbol prefix
       sed -i'.back' '/^#define \\([A-Za-z0-9_]*\\) \\1/d' include/openssl/*.h
       # Remove lines of the format below because they mess up the symbol prefix
-      #     #define SOME_MACRO \
+      #     #define SOME_MACRO ${"\\"}
       #         SOME_MACRO
       sed -i'.back' '/^#define.*\\\\$/{N;/^#define \\([A-Za-z0-9_]*\\) *\\\\\\n *\\1/d;}' include/openssl/*.h
       sed -i'.back' 's/#ifndef md5_block_data_order/#ifndef GRPC_SHADOW_md5_block_data_order/g' crypto/fipsmodule/md5/md5.c