diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/util/occurrences/ExpressionOccurrenceManager.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/util/occurrences/ExpressionOccurrenceManager.java
index 28a3aa213bdc..7cd60bb12a03 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/util/occurrences/ExpressionOccurrenceManager.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/util/occurrences/ExpressionOccurrenceManager.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public class ExpressionOccurrenceManager extends BaseOccurrenceManager {
       final FindManager findManager = FindManager.getInstance(getScope().getProject());
       final FindModel findModel = (FindModel)findManager.getFindInFileModel().clone();
       findModel.setCaseSensitive(true);
+      findModel.setRegularExpressions(false);
       String value = StringUtil.stripQuotesAroundValue(myMainOccurence.getText());
       if (value.length() > 0) {
         findModel.setStringToFind(value);