diff --git a/sc2/src/regex/regexec.ci b/sc2/src/regex/regexec.ci
index 91b48dd4a..e7461f426 100644
--- a/sc2/src/regex/regexec.ci
+++ b/sc2/src/regex/regexec.ci
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ find_recover_state (err, mctx)
 
       cur_state = merge_state_with_log (err, mctx, NULL);
     }
-  while (err == REG_NOERROR && cur_state == NULL);
+  while (*err == REG_NOERROR && cur_state == NULL);
   return cur_state;
 }