diff --git a/ext/ereg/ereg.c b/ext/ereg/ereg.c
index d3d49ec08bb..cefc0d0f3a1 100644
--- a/ext/ereg/ereg.c
+++ b/ext/ereg/ereg.c
@@ -645,11 +645,7 @@ static void php_split(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, int icase)
 			/* No more matches */
 			regfree(&re);
 			
-			if (icase) {
-				php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Invalid Regular Expression to spliti()");
-			} else {
-				php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Invalid Regular Expression to split()");
-			}
+			php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Invalid Regular Expression");
 			
 			zend_hash_destroy(Z_ARRVAL_P(return_value));
 			efree(Z_ARRVAL_P(return_value));