1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/regex.c b/regex.c
index fade9449..b8e7daec 100644
--- a/regex.c
+++ b/regex.c
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ static void print_rec(val exp, val stream)
     } else {
       uw_throwf(error_s, lit("bad operator in regex syntax: ~s"), sym, nao);
     }
-  } else {
+  } else if (exp != nil) {
     uw_throwf(error_s, lit("bad object in regex syntax: ~s"), exp, nao);
   }
 }