diff --git a/tests/sanity/style.test b/tests/sanity/style.test
index a3bac86cf..1b5762ccd 100755
--- a/tests/sanity/style.test
+++ b/tests/sanity/style.test
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ for dir in "$TOP/spot" "$TOP/bin" "$TOP/tests"; do
       # with parentheses, as this often occur with lambdas or
       # initializer lists.  What we want to forbid is cases where
       # multiple scopes are opened/closed on the same line.
-      $GREP '^[^()]*}[^()]*}[^()]*$' $tmp &&
+      $GREP '^[^():]*}[^()]*}[^()]*$' $tmp &&
 	diag 'No two } on the same line.'
 
       $GREP '^[^()]{[^()]*{[^()]$' $tmp &&