diff --git a/lisp/editorconfig-fnmatch.el b/lisp/editorconfig-fnmatch.el
index cd040880434..397e424a6f7 100644
--- a/lisp/editorconfig-fnmatch.el
+++ b/lisp/editorconfig-fnmatch.el
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ translation is found for PATTERN."
 
     (while (< index length)
       (if (and (not is-escaped)
-               (string-match "[^]\\*?[{},/\\-]+"
+               (string-match "[^]\\*?[{},/-]+"
                              ;;(string-match "[^]\\*?[{},/\\-]+" "?.a")
                              pattern
                              index)