diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qregexp.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qregexp.cpp
index 87b30c952e..ef24c952eb 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qregexp.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qregexp.cpp
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static QString wc2rx(const QString &wc_str, const bool enableEscaping)
                 if (wc[i] == QLatin1Char('^'))
                     rx += wc[i++];
                 if (i < wclen) {
-                    if (rx[i] == QLatin1Char(']'))
+                    if (wc[i] == QLatin1Char(']'))
                         rx += wc[i++];
                     while (i < wclen && wc[i] != QLatin1Char(']')) {
                         if (wc[i] == QLatin1Char('\\'))
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qregexp/tst_qregexp.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qregexp/tst_qregexp.cpp
index a98d37d733..a8111af6c1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qregexp/tst_qregexp.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qregexp/tst_qregexp.cpp
@@ -834,6 +834,13 @@ void tst_QRegExp::testEscapingWildcard_data(){
     QTest::newRow("a true '\\' in input") << "\\Qt;" <<  "\\Qt;" << true;
     QTest::newRow("two true '\\' in input") << "\\\\Qt;" <<  "\\\\Qt;" << true;
     QTest::newRow("a '\\' at the end") << "\\\\Qt;\\" <<  "\\\\Qt;\\" << true;
+
+    QTest::newRow("[]\\] matches ]") << "[]\\]" << "]" << true;
+    QTest::newRow("[]\\] matches \\") << "[]\\]" << "\\" << true;
+    QTest::newRow("[]\\] does not match [") << "[]\\]" << "[" << false;
+    QTest::newRow("[]\\]a matches ]a") << "[]\\]a" << "]a" << true;
+    QTest::newRow("[]\\]a matches \\a") << "[]\\]a" << "\\a" << true;
+    QTest::newRow("[]\\]a does not match [a") << "[]\\]a" << "[a" << false;
 }
 
 void tst_QRegExp::testEscapingWildcard(){