diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index 72a5ce667736d3d76ce151f5e863721bc9e6837c..dfc25c01382629d3b0c0ccff9db6ac5402fc4730 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ function l($text, $url, $attributes = array(), $query = NULL, $fragment = NULL)
 }
 
 function field_get($string, $name) {
-  ereg(",?$name=([^,]+)", ", $string", $regs);
+  ereg(",$name=([^,]+)", ",$string", $regs);
   return $regs[1];
 }