diff --git a/RegExpSupport/src/org/intellij/lang/regexp/RegExpWordSelectionFilter.java b/RegExpSupport/src/org/intellij/lang/regexp/RegExpWordSelectionFilter.java
index ed7a2193a18d..234b43306923 100644
--- a/RegExpSupport/src/org/intellij/lang/regexp/RegExpWordSelectionFilter.java
+++ b/RegExpSupport/src/org/intellij/lang/regexp/RegExpWordSelectionFilter.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import com.intellij.lang.ASTNode;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Condition;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import org.intellij.lang.regexp.psi.RegExpChar;
-import org.intellij.lang.regexp.psi.RegExpNamedCharacter;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ public class RegExpWordSelectionFilter implements Condition<PsiElement> {
   public boolean value(@NotNull PsiElement element) {
     final ASTNode node = element.getNode();
     if ((node != null && node.getElementType() == RegExpTT.CHARACTER) ||
-        (element instanceof RegExpChar && !(element instanceof RegExpNamedCharacter))) {
+        (element instanceof RegExpChar && ((RegExpChar)element).getType() == RegExpChar.Type.CHAR)) {
       return false;
     }
     return true;