diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
index 02c1152e0d030b6632d70ad19a59a44d34f468e8..f48953178904ffb1ff23e8823dda96229cbf0c50 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
@@ -452,9 +452,17 @@ static inline QVariant editValue(const WatchData &d)
     default:
         break;
     }
-    // Replace newlines, which will cause line edit troubles.
+    // Some string value: '0x434 "Hallo"':
+    // Remove quotes and replace newlines, which will cause line edit troubles.
     QString stringValue = d.value;
-    stringValue.replace(QLatin1String("\n"), QLatin1String("\\n"));
+    if (stringValue.endsWith(QLatin1Char('"'))) {
+        const int leadingDoubleQuote = stringValue.indexOf(QLatin1Char('"'));
+        if (leadingDoubleQuote != stringValue.size() - 1) {
+            stringValue.truncate(stringValue.size() - 1);
+            stringValue.remove(0, leadingDoubleQuote + 1);
+            stringValue.replace(QLatin1String("\n"), QLatin1String("\\n"));
+        }
+    }
     return QVariant(stringValue);
 }