diff --git a/Tests/LibRegex/Regex.cpp b/Tests/LibRegex/Regex.cpp
index 22e91cb1c44..bdaed954f2f 100644
--- a/Tests/LibRegex/Regex.cpp
+++ b/Tests/LibRegex/Regex.cpp
@@ -1051,6 +1051,8 @@ TEST_CASE(optimizer_alternation)
         Tuple { "ab|ac|ad|bc"sv, "bc"sv, 2u },
         // Should not crash on backwards jumps introduced by '.*'.
         Tuple { "\\bDroid\\b.*Build|XT912|XT928|XT926|XT915|XT919|XT925|XT1021|\\bMoto E\\b|XT1068|XT1092|XT1052"sv, "XT1068"sv, 6u },
+        // Backwards jumps to IP 0 are normal jumps too.
+        Tuple { "^(\\d+|x)"sv, "42"sv, 2u },
     };
 
     for (auto& test : tests) {
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexOptimizer.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexOptimizer.cpp
index 956f1e51ab2..2672ddfc112 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexOptimizer.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexOptimizer.cpp
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ void Optimizer::append_alternation(ByteCode& target, Span<ByteCode> alternatives
                     VERIFY(node->has_metadata());
                     QualifiedIP ip = node->metadata_value().first();
                     auto intended_jump_ip = ip.instruction_position + jump_offset + opcode.size();
-                    if (jump_offset < 0 && intended_jump_ip > 0) {
+                    if (jump_offset < 0) {
                         VERIFY(has_any_backwards_jump);
                         // We should've already seen this instruction, so we can just patch it in.
                         auto& ip_mapping = ip_mapping_for_alternative(ip.alternative_index);