1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/qml/jsruntime/qv4stringobject.cpp b/src/qml/jsruntime/qv4stringobject.cpp
index dee6a67792..6afa6d36d6 100644
--- a/src/qml/jsruntime/qv4stringobject.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/jsruntime/qv4stringobject.cpp
@@ -765,9 +765,8 @@ static void appendReplacementString(QString *result, const QString &input, const
             i += skip;
             if (substStart != JSC::Yarr::offsetNoMatch && substEnd != JSC::Yarr::offsetNoMatch)
                 *result += input.midRef(substStart, substEnd - substStart);
-            else {
+            else if (skip == 0) // invalid capture reference. Taken as literal value
                 *result += replaceValue.at(i);
-            }
         } else {
             *result += replaceValue.at(i);
         }