diff --git a/jerry-core/ecma/base/ecma-helpers-char.cpp b/jerry-core/ecma/base/ecma-helpers-char.cpp
index 1f0196efa..9cd7a5ca8 100644
--- a/jerry-core/ecma/base/ecma-helpers-char.cpp
+++ b/jerry-core/ecma/base/ecma-helpers-char.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 bool
 ecma_char_is_new_line (ecma_char_t c) /**< character value */
 {
-  return (c == '\x0D');
+  return (c == '\x0A');
 } /* ecma_char_is_new_line */
 
 /**
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ecma_char_is_new_line (ecma_char_t c) /**< character value */
 bool
 ecma_char_is_carriage_return (ecma_char_t c) /**< character value */
 {
-  return (c == '\x0A');
+  return (c == '\x0D');
 } /* ecma_char_is_carriage_return */
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/jerry/new-line-in-literal.js b/tests/jerry/new-line-in-literal.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b11048178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jerry/new-line-in-literal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2015 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+assert (eval ("'1\\\r\n2'") === '12');
+
+assert (eval ("'1\\\n2'") === '12');