diff --git a/lisp/+orderless.el b/lisp/+orderless.el
index b2f53b0..ac8c1b4 100644
--- a/lisp/+orderless.el
+++ b/lisp/+orderless.el
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ segment to make that segment match accordingly."
          (derived-mode-p 'eshell-mode))
      ;; File extension
      (string-match-p "\\`\\.." pattern))
-    (cons orderless-regexp
+    (cons 'orderless-regexp
           (concat "\\." (substring pattern 1) "[\x100000-\x10FFFD]*$")))
    ;; Ignore single !
    ((string= "!" pattern) `(orderless-literal . ""))