diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/utils.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/utils.rb
index b243df46d80ced34bfb8dfe5e591a99046e7b337..94b393cee2f86cbe194de404f70c07187e61042f 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/utils.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/utils.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def self.verify(string)
       def self.verify(string)
         if expression = valid_character
           # Splits the string on character boundaries, which are determined based on $KCODE.
-          string.split(//).all? { |c| expression.match(c) }
+          string.split(//).all? { |c| expression =~ c }
         else
           true
         end