diff --git a/autoload/snipMate.vim b/autoload/snipMate.vim
index 2213227..0ad5a58 100644
--- a/autoload/snipMate.vim
+++ b/autoload/snipMate.vim
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ endf
 " Prepare snippet to be processed by s:BuildTabStops
 fun s:ProcessSnippet(snip)
 	let snippet = a:snip
-	" Evaluate eval (`...`) expressions. 
-	" Backquotes prefixed with a backslash are ignored.
+	" Evaluate eval (`...`) expressions.
+	" Backquotes prefixed with a backslash "\" are ignored.
 	" Using a loop here instead of a regex fixes a bug with nested "\=".
 	if stridx(snippet, '`') != -1
-		while match(snippet, '[^\\]`.\{-}[^\\]`') != -1
-			let snippet = substitute(snippet, '[^\\]\zs`.\{-}[^\\]`\ze',
-		                \ substitute(eval(matchstr(snippet, '[^\\]`\zs.\{-}[^\\]\ze`')),
+		while match(snippet, '\(^\|[^\\]\)`.\{-}[^\\]`') != -1
+			let snippet = substitute(snippet, '\(^\|[^\\]\)\zs`.\{-}[^\\]`\ze',
+		                \ substitute(eval(matchstr(snippet, '\(^\|[^\\]\)`\zs.\{-}[^\\]\ze`')),
 		                \ "\n\\%$", '', ''), '')
 		endw
 		let snippet = substitute(snippet, "\r", "\n", 'g')