diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 0fb86385c..c77270c7c 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ sub feature_pickaxe {
 
 our $page = $cgi->param('pg');
 if (defined $page) {
-	if ($page =~ m/[^0-9]$/) {
+	if ($page =~ m/[^0-9]/) {
 		die_error(undef, "Invalid page parameter");
 	}
 }