diff --git a/src/services/completions.ts b/src/services/completions.ts
index a1e98a03d8708..a3845bf3ece03 100644
--- a/src/services/completions.ts
+++ b/src/services/completions.ts
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ namespace ts.Completions {
                     //    *         |c|
                     //    */
                     const lineStart = getLineStartPositionForPosition(position, sourceFile);
-                    if (!(sourceFile.text.substring(lineStart, position).match(/[^\*|\s|(/\*\*)]/))) {
+                    if (!/[^\*|\s(/)]/.test(sourceFile.text.substring(lineStart, position))) {
                         return { kind: CompletionDataKind.JsDocTag };
                     }
                 }