diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
index 30b559eb6e65..b60469eb9f09 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ protected function modifyAfter(Blueprint $blueprint, Fluent $column)
     protected function modifyComment(Blueprint $blueprint, Fluent $column)
     {
         if (! is_null($column->comment)) {
-            return " comment '".addslashes($column->comment)."'";
+            return " comment '".str_replace("'", "''", $column->comment)."'";
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseMariaDbSchemaGrammarTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseMariaDbSchemaGrammarTest.php
index 878539d1dab4..aefdebf2bc3e 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseMariaDbSchemaGrammarTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseMariaDbSchemaGrammarTest.php
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ public function testAddingComment()
         $statements = $blueprint->toSql();
 
         $this->assertCount(1, $statements);
-        $this->assertSame("alter table `users` add `foo` varchar(255) not null comment 'Escape \\' when using words like it\\'s'", $statements[0]);
+        $this->assertSame("alter table `users` add `foo` varchar(255) not null comment 'Escape '' when using words like it''s'", $statements[0]);
     }
 
     public function testCreateDatabase()
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlSchemaGrammarTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlSchemaGrammarTest.php
index e446c2a913a4..631ff5ad469b 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlSchemaGrammarTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlSchemaGrammarTest.php
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ public function testAddingComment()
         $statements = $blueprint->toSql();
 
         $this->assertCount(1, $statements);
-        $this->assertSame("alter table `users` add `foo` varchar(255) not null comment 'Escape \\' when using words like it\\'s'", $statements[0]);
+        $this->assertSame("alter table `users` add `foo` varchar(255) not null comment 'Escape '' when using words like it''s'", $statements[0]);
     }
 
     public function testAddingVector()