diff --git a/build/gen_stub.php b/build/gen_stub.php
index 84d7944a786..2747c53d486 100755
--- a/build/gen_stub.php
+++ b/build/gen_stub.php
@@ -524,10 +524,10 @@ class SimpleType {
     }
 
     public function toEscapedName(): string {
-        // Escape backslashes, and also encode \u and \U to avoid compilation errors in generated macros
+        // Escape backslashes, and also encode \u, \U, and \N to avoid compilation errors in generated macros
         return str_replace(
-            ['\\', '\\u', '\\U'],
-            ['\\\\', '\\\\165', '\\\\125'],
+            ['\\', '\\u', '\\U', '\\N'],
+            ['\\\\', '\\\\165', '\\\\125', '\\\\116'],
             $this->name
         );
     }
diff --git a/ext/zend_test/test.c b/ext/zend_test/test.c
index 6e78fb016a1..bca307f8ebe 100644
--- a/ext/zend_test/test.c
+++ b/ext/zend_test/test.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static zend_class_entry *zend_test_class_with_property_attribute;
 static zend_class_entry *zend_test_forbid_dynamic_call;
 static zend_class_entry *zend_test_ns_foo_class;
 static zend_class_entry *zend_test_ns_unlikely_compile_error_class;
+static zend_class_entry *zend_test_ns_not_unlikely_compile_error_class;
 static zend_class_entry *zend_test_ns2_foo_class;
 static zend_class_entry *zend_test_ns2_ns_foo_class;
 static zend_class_entry *zend_test_unit_enum;
@@ -796,6 +797,13 @@ static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestNS_UnlikelyCompileError, method)
 	RETURN_NULL();
 }
 
+static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError, method)
+{
+	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_NONE();
+
+	RETURN_NULL();
+}
+
 static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestNS2_Foo, method)
 {
 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_NONE();
@@ -1050,6 +1058,7 @@ PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(zend_test)
 
 	zend_test_ns_foo_class = register_class_ZendTestNS_Foo();
 	zend_test_ns_unlikely_compile_error_class = register_class_ZendTestNS_UnlikelyCompileError();
+	zend_test_ns_not_unlikely_compile_error_class = register_class_ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError();
 	zend_test_ns2_foo_class = register_class_ZendTestNS2_Foo();
 	zend_test_ns2_ns_foo_class = register_class_ZendTestNS2_ZendSubNS_Foo();
 
diff --git a/ext/zend_test/test.stub.php b/ext/zend_test/test.stub.php
index cc76a3a7395..2b4f29581d2 100644
--- a/ext/zend_test/test.stub.php
+++ b/ext/zend_test/test.stub.php
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ namespace ZendTestNS {
         public function method(): ?UnlikelyCompileError {}
     }
 
+    class NotUnlikelyCompileError {
+        /* This method signature would create a compile error due to the string
+         * "ZendTestNS\NotUnlikelyCompileError" in the generated macro call */
+        public function method(): ?NotUnlikelyCompileError {}
+    }
 }
 
 namespace ZendTestNS2 {
diff --git a/ext/zend_test/test_arginfo.h b/ext/zend_test/test_arginfo.h
index 1598443e41d..5f7cba8a94f 100644
--- a/ext/zend_test/test_arginfo.h
+++ b/ext/zend_test/test_arginfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This is a generated file, edit the .stub.php file instead.
- * Stub hash: 06ac12255321035a2669fbc5abf2f3fda4c6ad76 */
+ * Stub hash: fe312caaaedac29794ab90e4210eaaad667c391c */
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_INFO_EX(arginfo_zend_test_array_return, 0, 0, IS_ARRAY, 0)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_OBJ_INFO_EX(arginfo_class_ZendTestNS_UnlikelyCompileError_method, 0, 0, ZendTestNS\\\125nlikelyCompileError, 1)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
+ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_OBJ_INFO_EX(arginfo_class_ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError_method, 0, 0, ZendTestNS\\\116otUnlikelyCompileError, 1)
+ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
+
 #define arginfo_class_ZendTestNS2_Foo_method arginfo_zend_test_void_return
 
 #define arginfo_class_ZendTestNS2_ZendSubNS_Foo_method arginfo_zend_test_void_return
@@ -277,6 +280,7 @@ static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestForbidDynamicCall, call);
 static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestForbidDynamicCall, callStatic);
 static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestNS_Foo, method);
 static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestNS_UnlikelyCompileError, method);
+static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError, method);
 static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestNS2_Foo, method);
 static ZEND_METHOD(ZendTestNS2_ZendSubNS_Foo, method);
 
@@ -445,6 +449,12 @@ static const zend_function_entry class_ZendTestNS_UnlikelyCompileError_methods[]
 };
 
 
+static const zend_function_entry class_ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError_methods[] = {
+	ZEND_ME(ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError, method, arginfo_class_ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError_method, ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC)
+	ZEND_FE_END
+};
+
+
 static const zend_function_entry class_ZendTestNS2_Foo_methods[] = {
 	ZEND_ME(ZendTestNS2_Foo, method, arginfo_class_ZendTestNS2_Foo_method, ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC)
 	ZEND_FE_END
@@ -926,6 +936,16 @@ static zend_class_entry *register_class_ZendTestNS_UnlikelyCompileError(void)
 	return class_entry;
 }
 
+static zend_class_entry *register_class_ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError(void)
+{
+	zend_class_entry ce, *class_entry;
+
+	INIT_NS_CLASS_ENTRY(ce, "ZendTestNS", "NotUnlikelyCompileError", class_ZendTestNS_NotUnlikelyCompileError_methods);
+	class_entry = zend_register_internal_class_ex(&ce, NULL);
+
+	return class_entry;
+}
+
 static zend_class_entry *register_class_ZendTestNS2_Foo(void)
 {
 	zend_class_entry ce, *class_entry;
diff --git a/ext/zend_test/tests/gen_stub_test_01.phpt b/ext/zend_test/tests/gen_stub_test_01.phpt
index 0a020a6f345..0f5d525322d 100644
--- a/ext/zend_test/tests/gen_stub_test_01.phpt
+++ b/ext/zend_test/tests/gen_stub_test_01.phpt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ $foo->foo = new \ZendTestNS2\ZendSubNS\Foo();
 var_dump($foo);
 $foo = new \ZendTestNS\UnlikelyCompileError();
 var_dump($foo);
+$foo = new \ZendTestNS\NotUnlikelyCompileError();
+var_dump($foo);
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
 object(ZendTestNS2\Foo)#%d (%d) {
@@ -24,3 +26,5 @@ object(ZendTestNS2\Foo)#%d (%d) {
 }
 object(ZendTestNS\UnlikelyCompileError)#%d (%d) {
 }
+object(ZendTestNS\NotUnlikelyCompileError)#%d (%d) {
+}