diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/asm.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/asm.rs
index 7f02518d6c0de..fd25fba2daac7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/asm.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/asm.rs
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ impl<'tcx> AsmCodegenMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'_, 'tcx> {
         for piece in template {
             match *piece {
                 InlineAsmTemplatePiece::String(ref s) => template_str.push_str(s),
-                InlineAsmTemplatePiece::Placeholder { operand_idx, modifier: _, span: _ } => {
+                InlineAsmTemplatePiece::Placeholder { operand_idx, modifier: _, span } => {
                     match operands[operand_idx] {
                         GlobalAsmOperandRef::Const { ref string } => {
                             // Const operands get injected directly into the
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ impl<'tcx> AsmCodegenMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'_, 'tcx> {
                                 llvm::LLVMRustGetMangledName(llval, s);
                             })
                             .expect("symbol is not valid UTF-8");
-                            template_str.push_str(&symbol);
+                            template_str.push_str(&escape_symbol_name(self, symbol, span));
                         }
                         GlobalAsmOperandRef::SymStatic { def_id } => {
                             let llval = self
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ impl<'tcx> AsmCodegenMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'_, 'tcx> {
                                 llvm::LLVMRustGetMangledName(llval, s);
                             })
                             .expect("symbol is not valid UTF-8");
-                            template_str.push_str(&symbol);
+                            template_str.push_str(&escape_symbol_name(self, symbol, span));
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -1390,3 +1390,42 @@ fn llvm_fixup_output_type<'ll, 'tcx>(
         _ => layout.llvm_type(cx),
     }
 }
+
+fn escape_symbol_name<'ll, 'tcx>(cx: &CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx>, symbol: String, span: Span) -> String {
+    use rustc_target::spec::{Arch, BinaryFormat};
+    if !symbol.is_empty()
+        && symbol.chars().all(|c| matches!(c, '0'..='9' | 'A'..='Z' | 'a'..='z' | '_' | '$' | '.'))
+    {
+        return symbol;
+    }
+    if cx.tcx.sess.target.binary_format == BinaryFormat::Xcoff {
+        cx.tcx.sess.dcx().span_fatal(
+            span,
+            format!(
+                "symbol escaping is not supported for the binary format {}",
+                cx.tcx.sess.target.binary_format
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+    if cx.tcx.sess.target.arch == Arch::Nvptx64 {
+        cx.tcx.sess.dcx().span_fatal(
+            span,
+            format!(
+                "symbol escaping is not supported for the architecture {}",
+                cx.tcx.sess.target.arch
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+    let mut escaped_symbol = String::new();
+    escaped_symbol.push('\"');
+    for c in symbol.chars() {
+        match c {
+            '\n' => escaped_symbol.push_str("\\\n"),
+            '"' => escaped_symbol.push_str("\\\""),
+            '\\' => escaped_symbol.push_str("\\\\"),
+            c => escaped_symbol.push(c),
+        }
+    }
+    escaped_symbol.push('\"');
+    escaped_symbol
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/asm/x86_64/global_asm_escape.rs b/tests/ui/asm/x86_64/global_asm_escape.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..59214e958a85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/asm/x86_64/global_asm_escape.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//@ run-pass
+//@ only-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+//@ ignore-backends: gcc
+
+// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/151950
+
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    #[link_name = "exit@GLIBC_2.2.5"]
+    safe fn exit(status: i32) -> !;
+    safe fn my_exit(status: i32) -> !;
+}
+
+core::arch::global_asm!(".global my_exit", "my_exit:", "jmp {}", sym exit);
+
+fn main() {
+    my_exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/asm/x86_64/naked_asm_escape.rs b/tests/ui/asm/x86_64/naked_asm_escape.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..57962993ef91f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/asm/x86_64/naked_asm_escape.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//@ build-fail
+//@ only-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+//@ dont-check-compiler-stderr
+//@ dont-check-compiler-stdout
+//@ ignore-backends: gcc
+
+// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/151950
+
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    #[link_name = "memset]; mov eax, 1; #"]
+    unsafe fn inject();
+}
+
+#[unsafe(export_name = "memset]; mov eax, 1; #")]
+extern "C" fn inject_() {}
+
+#[unsafe(naked)]
+extern "C" fn print_0() -> usize {
+    core::arch::naked_asm!("lea rax, [{}]", "ret", sym inject)
+}
+
+#[unsafe(naked)]
+extern "C" fn print_1() -> usize {
+    core::arch::naked_asm!("lea rax, [{}]", "ret", sym inject_)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    dbg!(print_0());
+    dbg!(print_1());
+}
+
+//~? ERROR linking