diff --git a/resource-managers/mesos/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala b/resource-managers/mesos/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
index d224a7325820a..b36f46456f9a5 100644
--- a/resource-managers/mesos/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/mesos/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
@@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ private[spark] class MesosClusterScheduler(
       .filter { case (key, _) => !replicatedOptionsBlacklist.contains(key) }
       .toMap
     (defaultConf ++ driverConf).foreach { case (key, value) =>
-      options ++= Seq("--conf", s""""$key=${shellEscape(value)}"""".stripMargin) }
+      options ++= Seq("--conf", s"${key}=${value}") }
 
-    options
+    options.map(shellEscape)
   }
 
   /**