diff --git a/lib/dml/mariadb_native_moodle_database.php b/lib/dml/mariadb_native_moodle_database.php
index cbf5992200fdb..12dc9ebefff15 100644
--- a/lib/dml/mariadb_native_moodle_database.php
+++ b/lib/dml/mariadb_native_moodle_database.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ protected function get_dbtype() {
     public function get_server_info() {
         $version = $this->mysqli->server_info;
         $matches = null;
-        if (preg_match('/^5\.5\.5-(10\..+)-MariaDB$/i', $version, $matches)) {
+        if (preg_match('/^5\.5\.5-(10\..+)-MariaDB/i', $version, $matches)) {
             // Looks like MariaDB decided to use these weird version numbers for better BC with MySQL...
             $version = $matches[1];
         }