diff --git a/AbuseFilter.parser.php b/AbuseFilter.parser.php
index 0a6445827..3f6e0f434 100644
--- a/AbuseFilter.parser.php
+++ b/AbuseFilter.parser.php
@@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@ class AbuseFilterParser {
 	}
 	
 	public static function regexErrorHandler( $errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline, $context ) {
+		if ( error_reporting() == 0 ) { return true; }
 		throw new AFPUserVisibleException( 'regexfailure', $context['pos'],
 					array( $errstr, $context['regex'] ) );
 		return true;