diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t b/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t
index 93220787bcce..67dcded3ec22 100644
--- a/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ u2/g' lines1
 	mark '8.21'
 	echo 'a\b(c' |
 	$SED 'y%ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, /\\()"%abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,------%'
+	COMMENT='\n in a character class and a BRE'
+	mark '8.22' ; (echo 1; echo 2) | $SED -n '1{;N;s/[\n]/X/;p;}'
+	mark '8.23' ; (echo 1; echo 2) | $SED -n '1{;N;s/\n/X/;p;}'
 }
 
 test_error()
diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/regress.multitest.out/8.22 b/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/regress.multitest.out/8.22
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1191247b6d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/regress.multitest.out/8.22
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+1
+2
diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/regress.multitest.out/8.23 b/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/regress.multitest.out/8.23
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c66dd65b0993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/regress.multitest.out/8.23
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1X2
diff --git a/usr.bin/sed/compile.c b/usr.bin/sed/compile.c
index 1db7f634bd7e..cea8e07b9c3b 100644
--- a/usr.bin/sed/compile.c
+++ b/usr.bin/sed/compile.c
@@ -432,8 +432,7 @@ compile_ccl(char **sp, char *t)
 			for (c = *s; (*t = *s) != ']' || c != d; s++, t++)
 				if ((c = *s) == '\0')
 					return NULL;
-		} else if (*s == '\\' && s[1] == 'n')
-			    *t = '\n', s++;
+		}
 	return (*s == ']') ? *sp = ++s, ++t : NULL;
 }