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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
index de9966c0af0..cb7828ddd95 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
@@ -285,7 +285,9 @@ CHARS should be a list of characters."
;;
;; Make sure a caret is not first and a dash is first or last.
(if (and (string-equal charset "") (string-equal bracket ""))
- (concat "[" dash caret "]")
+ (if (string-equal dash "")
+ "\\^" ; [^] is not a valid regexp
+ (concat "[" dash caret "]"))
(concat "[" bracket charset caret dash "]"))))
(provide 'regexp-opt)