diff --git a/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchUtil.java b/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchUtil.java
index ae9642b0f3f9..6f0200a4d81e 100644
--- a/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchUtil.java
+++ b/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchUtil.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import java.util.*;
  * @author Eugene.Kudelevsky
  */
 public class StructuralSearchUtil {
-  private static final String REG_EXP_META_CHARS = ".$|()[{^?*+\\";
+  private static final String REG_EXP_META_CHARS = ".$|()[]{}^?*+\\";
   private static final Key<StructuralSearchProfile> STRUCTURAL_SEARCH_PROFILE_KEY = new Key<>("Structural Search Profile");
   private static LanguageFileType ourDefaultFileType = null;