diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/toke.c b/plugins/sudoers/toke.c
index a0307d3749..544fdfe88b 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/toke.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/toke.c
@@ -3882,7 +3882,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 			    BEGIN INITIAL;
 			    continued = false;
 			    if (sudoers_strict()) {
-				if (!sudo_regex_compile(NULL, sudoerstext,
+				if (!sudo_regex_compile(NULL, sudoerslval.command.args,
 					&sudoers_errstr)) {
 				    LEXTRACE("ERROR ");
 				    return ERROR;
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/toke.l b/plugins/sudoers/toke.l
index a98e6db5db..250fea7e8c 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/toke.l
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/toke.l
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ DEFVAR			[a-z_]+
 			    BEGIN INITIAL;
 			    continued = false;
 			    if (sudoers_strict()) {
-				if (!sudo_regex_compile(NULL, sudoerstext,
+				if (!sudo_regex_compile(NULL, sudoerslval.command.args,
 					&sudoers_errstr)) {
 				    LEXTRACE("ERROR ");
 				    return ERROR;