diff --git a/src/uu/expr/src/syntax_tree.rs b/src/uu/expr/src/syntax_tree.rs
index 9a8fb05f2..0950020c9 100644
--- a/src/uu/expr/src/syntax_tree.rs
+++ b/src/uu/expr/src/syntax_tree.rs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ where
     }
 
     // Check if parsed quantifier is valid
-    let re = Regex::new(r"^(\d*,\d*|\d+)$").expect("valid regular expression");
+    let re = Regex::new(r"^([0-9]*,[0-9]*|[0-9]+)$").expect("valid regular expression");
     if let Some(captures) = re.captures(&quantifier) {
         let matched = captures.at(0).unwrap_or_default();
         match matched.split_once(',') {