diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90ff270650c..74a7c5edeb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 * [#8514](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8514): Correct multiple `Style/MethodDefParentheses` per file. ([@rdunlop][])
 * [#8825](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8825): Fix crash in `Style/ExplicitBlockArgument` when code is called outside of a method. ([@ghiculescu][])
 * [#8354](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8354): Detect regexp named captures in `Style/CaseLikeIf` cop. ([@dsavochkin][])
+* [#8830](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8830): Fix bad autocorrect of `Style/StringConcatenation` when string includes double quotes. ([@tleish][])
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation.rb
index 8936f5bad0f..8f33df333d9 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def replacement(parts)
                 if single_quoted?(part)
                   part.value.gsub('\\') { '\\\\' }
                 else
-                  escape_string(part.value)
+                  part.value.inspect[1..-2]
                 end
               else
                 "\#{#{part.source}}"
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation_spec.rb
index d0b12cf46b7..85207e6dcd2 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation_spec.rb
@@ -122,4 +122,28 @@
       expect_no_corrections
     end
   end
+
+  context 'double quotes inside string' do
+    it 'registers an offense and corrects with double quotes' do
+      expect_offense(<<-RUBY)
+        email_with_name = "He said " + "\\\"Arrest that man!\\\"."
+                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Prefer string interpolation to string concatenation.
+      RUBY
+
+      expect_correction(<<-RUBY)
+        email_with_name = "He said \\\"Arrest that man!\\\"."
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it 'registers an offense and corrects with percentage quotes' do
+      expect_offense(<<-RUBY)
+        email_with_name = %(He said ) + %("Arrest that man!".)
+                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Prefer string interpolation to string concatenation.
+      RUBY
+
+      expect_correction(<<-RUBY)
+        email_with_name = "He said \\\"Arrest that man!\\\"."
+      RUBY
+    end
+  end
 end