diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/mem_cache_store.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/mem_cache_store.rb
index 7ef1497ac2..64d2c3bff6 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/mem_cache_store.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/mem_cache_store.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
         DELETED     = "DELETED\r\n"
       end
 
-      ESCAPE_KEY_CHARS = /[\x00-\x20%\x7F-\xFF]/
+      ESCAPE_KEY_CHARS = /[\x00-\x20%\x7F-\xFF]/n
 
       def self.build_mem_cache(*addresses)
         addresses = addresses.flatten