diff --git a/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/compiler/JavaCompilingVisitor.java b/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/compiler/JavaCompilingVisitor.java
index 35bc7ddacdc7..e1b8d7cd1afe 100644
--- a/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/compiler/JavaCompilingVisitor.java
+++ b/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/compiler/JavaCompilingVisitor.java
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ public class JavaCompilingVisitor extends JavaRecursiveElementWalkingVisitor {
 
     if (compileContext.getPattern().isTypedVar(refname)) {
       SubstitutionHandler handler = (SubstitutionHandler)compileContext.getPattern().getHandler(refname);
-      RegExpPredicate predicate = RegExpPredicate.findRegExpPredicate(handler);
+      RegExpPredicate predicate = MatchingHandler.getSimpleRegExpPredicate(handler);
       if (!GlobalCompilingVisitor.isSuitablePredicate(predicate, handler)) {
         return;
       }