diff --git a/crates/dbx-core/src/db/redis_driver.rs b/crates/dbx-core/src/db/redis_driver.rs
index 61c8a0f8b3..b316a25a3b 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-core/src/db/redis_driver.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-core/src/db/redis_driver.rs
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ fn redis_value_to_string(value: RedisRawValue) -> Option<String> {
 
 fn redis_value_contains_binary(value: &RedisRawValue) -> bool {
     match value {
-        RedisRawValue::BulkString(bytes) => redis_bytes_need_escape(bytes),
-        RedisRawValue::VerbatimString { text, .. } => redis_bytes_need_escape(text.as_bytes()),
+        RedisRawValue::BulkString(bytes) => std::str::from_utf8(bytes).is_err(),
+        RedisRawValue::VerbatimString { text, .. } => std::str::from_utf8(text.as_bytes()).is_err(),
         _ => false,
     }
 }
@@ -344,10 +344,6 @@ fn redis_raw_to_json(value: RedisRawValue) -> serde_json::Value {
     }
 }
 
-fn redis_bytes_need_escape(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
-    bytes.iter().any(|&byte| !matches!(byte, 0x20..=0x7e) || byte == b'\\')
-}
-
 fn redis_bytes_to_display(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
     if let Ok(text) = std::str::from_utf8(bytes) {
         return text.replace('\\', "\\\\");
@@ -430,7 +426,7 @@ pub async fn set_remove(con: &mut redis::aio::MultiplexedConnection, key: &[u8],
 mod tests {
     use super::{
         parse_database_count, parse_scan_keys, parse_stream_entries, redis_key_bytes_to_display,
-        redis_key_bytes_to_raw, redis_key_raw_to_bytes, redis_raw_to_json, RedisRawValue,
+        redis_key_bytes_to_raw, redis_key_raw_to_bytes, redis_raw_to_json, redis_value_contains_binary, RedisRawValue,
     };
 
     fn bulk(value: &str) -> RedisRawValue {
@@ -541,4 +537,11 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(value, serde_json::Value::String("\\xac\\xed\\x00\\x05sr".to_string()));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn does_not_treat_utf8_with_backslashes_as_binary() {
+        let raw = RedisRawValue::BulkString(br#"C:\Users\path"#.to_vec());
+
+        assert!(!redis_value_contains_binary(&raw));
+    }
 }