diff --git a/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js b/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
index 0c31a9956314..46980ab5d2d5 100644
--- a/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
+++ b/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ module.exports = {
                         let regexContent = getStringValue(node.arguments[0], scope);
 
                         if (regexContent && !isStringRawTaggedStaticTemplateLiteral(node.arguments[0])) {
-                            regexContent = regexContent.replace(/\r/gu, "\\r").replace(/\n/gu, "\\n").replace(/\t/gu, "\\t").replace(/\f/gu, "\\f").replace(/\v/gu, "\\v");
+                            regexContent = regexContent.replace(/\r/gu, "\\r").replace(/\n/gu, "\\n").replace(/\t/gu, "\\t").replace(/\f/gu, "\\f").replace(/\v/gu, "\\v").replace(/\0/u, "\\0");
                         }
 
                         const newRegExpValue = `/${regexContent || "(?:)"}/${getStringValue(node.arguments[1], scope) || ""}`;
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js b/tests/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
index 9d11af3407f7..4f6dcb543862 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/prefer-regex-literals.js
@@ -502,6 +502,11 @@ ruleTester.run("prefer-regex-literals", rule, {
             output: "/\\0\\0/;",
             errors: [{ messageId: "unexpectedRegExp" }]
         },
+        {
+            code: "new RegExp('\\0\\0', 'g');",
+            output: "/\\0\\0/g;",
+            errors: [{ messageId: "unexpectedRegExp" }]
+        },
         {
             code: "RegExp('\\\\0\\\\0\\\\0', '')",
             output: "/\\0\\0\\0/",