diff --git a/packages/next/shared/lib/escape-regexp.ts b/packages/next/shared/lib/escape-regexp.ts
index 4d009f53b6f0a4d..a73cce0f21c9267 100644
--- a/packages/next/shared/lib/escape-regexp.ts
+++ b/packages/next/shared/lib/escape-regexp.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-// regexp from https://github.com/sindresorhus/escape-string-regexp
+// regexp is based on https://github.com/sindresorhus/escape-string-regexp
+const reHasRegExp = /[|\\{}()[\]^$+*?.-]/
+const reReplaceRegExp = /[|\\{}()[\]^$+*?.-]/g
+
 export function escapeStringRegexp(str: string) {
-  return str.replace(/[|\\{}()[\]^$+*?.-]/g, '\\$&')
+  // see also: https://github.com/lodash/lodash/blob/2da024c3b4f9947a48517639de7560457cd4ec6c/escapeRegExp.js#L23
+  if (reHasRegExp.test(str)) {
+    return str.replace(reReplaceRegExp, '\\$&')
+  }
+  return str
 }