diff --git a/jlexer/lexer.go b/jlexer/lexer.go
index 36cd820..c3d4ed2 100644
--- a/jlexer/lexer.go
+++ b/jlexer/lexer.go
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ func (r *Lexer) SkipRecursive() {
 				return
 			}
 		case c == '\\' && inQuotes:
-			wasEscape = true
+			wasEscape = !wasEscape
 			continue
 		case c == '"' && inQuotes:
 			inQuotes = wasEscape
@@ -516,8 +516,11 @@ func (r *Lexer) SkipRecursive() {
 		wasEscape = false
 	}
 	r.pos = len(r.Data)
-	r.err = io.EOF
-}
+	r.err = &LexerError{
+		Reason: "EOF reached while skipping array/object or token",
+		Offset: r.pos,
+		Data: string(r.Data[r.pos:]),
+	}}
 
 // Raw fetches the next item recursively as a data slice
 func (r *Lexer) Raw() []byte {
diff --git a/jlexer/lexer_test.go b/jlexer/lexer_test.go
index b8e70f0..58f5fe9 100644
--- a/jlexer/lexer_test.go
+++ b/jlexer/lexer_test.go
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ func TestSkipRecursive(t *testing.T) {
 		{toParse: `{"a\"}":1}, 4`, left: ", 4"},
 		{toParse: `{"a{":1}, 4`, left: ", 4"},
 		{toParse: `{"a\"{":1}, 4`, left: ", 4"},
+
+		// object with double slashes at the end of string
+		{toParse: `{"a":"hey\\"}, 4`, left: ", 4"},
 	} {
 		l := Lexer{Data: []byte(test.toParse)}