diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b5837b93..ef05e44b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ CVS code -
 	  -C, --relative, changes to do_cursorpos().
 - Makefile.am:
 	- Add SYSCONFDIR to DEFS, so we can have an /etc/nanorc.
+- rcfile.c
+  parse_next_rege()
+	- Allow " symbol to be in regex without leading \ by checking
+	  for *ptr+1 is not the end of the regex.
 - utils.c:
   strstrwrapper()
 	- NANO_SMALL test was backwards (Ken Tyler).
diff --git a/rcfile.c b/rcfile.c
index 491cb308..45fca83b 100644
--- a/rcfile.c
+++ b/rcfile.c
@@ -131,11 +131,9 @@ char *parse_next_word(char *ptr)
 
 char *parse_next_regex(char *ptr)
 {
-    char prev = ' ';
-    while ((*ptr != '"' || prev == '\\') && *ptr != '\n' && *ptr != '\0') {
-	prev = *ptr;
+    while ((*ptr != '"' || (*(ptr+1) != ' ' && *(ptr+1) != '\n')) 
+	   && *ptr != '\n' && *ptr != '\0')
 	ptr++;
-    }
 
     if (*ptr == '\0')
 	return NULL;