diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
   expect("(");
   StringRef tok = next();
   if (config->entry.empty())
-    config->entry = tok;
+    config->entry = unquote(tok);
   expect(")");
 }
 
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/entry1.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/entry1.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/entry1.s
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// REQUIRES: x86
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t
+// RUN: echo "ENTRY(\"__start\")" > %t.script
+// RUN: ld.lld -T %t.script %t -o %tout2 2>&1 | Filecheck %s
+// CHECK: ld.lld: warning: cannot find entry symbol __start; not setting start address
+// CHECK-NOT: ld.lld: warning: cannot find entry symbol {{\"__start\"}}; not setting start address
+.global _foo_
+_foo_:
+        retq