diff --git a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/inspect/db/legacy-inspect-schemas.ts b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/inspect/db/legacy-inspect-schemas.ts
index 3479541302..f64c883c62 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/inspect/db/legacy-inspect-schemas.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/inspect/db/legacy-inspect-schemas.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
  * Internal Postgres schemas the `inspect db` queries exclude, and the LIKE-escape
  * helper that turns them into `LIKE ANY($1)` exclusion patterns.
  *
- * 1:1 port of Go's `utils.InternalSchemas` (`apps/cli-go/pkg/migration/dump.go:21-53`)
- * and `reset.LikeEscapeSchema` (`apps/cli-go/internal/db/reset/reset.go:259-266`).
- * The order is preserved verbatim because the escaped array is passed straight
- * through to `LIKE ANY($1)`, where order is observable in nothing but is kept
- * identical to avoid any drift from the Go source.
+ * The schema list is a 1:1 port of Go's `utils.InternalSchemas`
+ * (`apps/cli-go/pkg/migration/dump.go:21-53`). The order is preserved verbatim
+ * because the escaped array is passed straight through to `LIKE ANY($1)`, where
+ * order is observable in nothing but is kept identical to avoid any drift from
+ * the Go source.
  */
 export const LEGACY_INTERNAL_SCHEMAS: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
   "information_schema",
@@ -43,12 +43,20 @@ export const LEGACY_INTERNAL_SCHEMAS: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
 ];
 
 /**
- * Escapes each schema name into a SQL `LIKE` pattern, treating `_` as a literal
- * underscore (`\_`) and `*` as the any-character wildcard (`%`). Mirrors Go's
- * `strings.NewReplacer("_", "\\_", "*", "%")` — both replacements are applied to
- * the original string, and since `_`→`\_` introduces only a backslash (not a `*`)
- * and `*`→`%` introduces only a `%`, sequential JS replaces are equivalent.
+ * Escapes each schema name into a SQL `LIKE` pattern, treating `\` and `_` as
+ * literals and `*` as the any-character wildcard (`%`).
  */
 export function legacyLikeEscapeSchema(schemas: ReadonlyArray<string>): ReadonlyArray<string> {
-  return schemas.map((schema) => schema.replace(/_/g, "\\_").replace(/\*/g, "%"));
+  return schemas.map((schema) =>
+    schema.replace(/[\\_*]/g, (char) => {
+      switch (char) {
+        case "*":
+          return "%";
+        case "\\":
+          return "\\\\";
+        default:
+          return "\\_";
+      }
+    }),
+  );
 }
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/inspect/db/legacy-inspect-schemas.unit.test.ts b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/inspect/db/legacy-inspect-schemas.unit.test.ts
index e71326d751..9179cf6ffc 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/inspect/db/legacy-inspect-schemas.unit.test.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/inspect/db/legacy-inspect-schemas.unit.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ describe("legacyLikeEscapeSchema", () => {
     expect(legacyLikeEscapeSchema(["supabase_functions"])).toEqual(["supabase\\_functions"]);
   });
 
+  it("escapes backslashes before LIKE metacharacters", () => {
+    expect(legacyLikeEscapeSchema([String.raw`custom\schema`])).toEqual([
+      String.raw`custom\\schema`,
+    ]);
+    expect(legacyLikeEscapeSchema([String.raw`custom\_schema`])).toEqual([
+      String.raw`custom\\\_schema`,
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("leaves a plain schema name untouched", () => {
     expect(legacyLikeEscapeSchema(["auth"])).toEqual(["auth"]);
   });