diff --git a/src/Command/IgnoredRegexValidator.php b/src/Command/IgnoredRegexValidator.php
index 613779b2e64..e54489bc132 100644
--- a/src/Command/IgnoredRegexValidator.php
+++ b/src/Command/IgnoredRegexValidator.php
@@ -35,18 +35,16 @@ public function validate(string $regex): IgnoredRegexValidatorResult
 			/** @var TreeNode $ast */
 			$ast = $this->parser->parse($regex);
 		} catch (Exception $e) {
-			if (str_starts_with($e->getMessage(), 'Unexpected token "|" (alternation) at line 1')) {
-				return new IgnoredRegexValidatorResult([], false, true, '||', '\|\|');
-			}
-			if (
-				str_contains($regex, '()')
-				&& str_starts_with($e->getMessage(), 'Unexpected token ")" (_capturing) at line 1')
-			) {
-				return new IgnoredRegexValidatorResult([], false, true, '()', '\(\)');
-			}
 			return new IgnoredRegexValidatorResult([], false, false);
 		}
 
+		if (str_contains($regex, '||')) {
+			return new IgnoredRegexValidatorResult([], false, true, '||', '\|\|');
+		}
+		if (str_contains($regex, '()')) {
+			return new IgnoredRegexValidatorResult([], false, true, '()', '\(\)');
+		}
+
 		return new IgnoredRegexValidatorResult(
 			$this->getIgnoredTypes($ast),
 			$this->hasAnchorsInTheMiddle($ast),
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Command/IgnoredRegexValidatorTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Command/IgnoredRegexValidatorTest.php
index 4dd4a784355..98a6dc58cb7 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Command/IgnoredRegexValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Command/IgnoredRegexValidatorTest.php
@@ -104,15 +104,13 @@ public function dataValidate(): array
 				'~Result of || is always true.~',
 				[],
 				false,
-				false,
+				true,
 			],
 			[
 				'#Method PragmaRX\Notified\Data\Repositories\Notified::firstOrCreateByEvent() should return PragmaRX\Notified\Data\Models\Notified but returns Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null#',
-				[
-					'null' => 'null',
-				],
-				false,
+				[],
 				false,
+				true,
 			],
 		];
 	}