diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/admin/openlayers.js b/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/admin/openlayers.js
index 4f34b6be68..adca203969 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/admin/openlayers.js
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/admin/openlayers.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% load l10n %}{# Author: Justin Bronn, Travis Pinney & Dane Springmeyer #}
 OpenLayers.Projection.addTransform("EPSG:4326", "EPSG:3857", OpenLayers.Layer.SphericalMercator.projectForward);
 {% block vars %}var {{ module }} = {};
-{{ module }}.map = null; {{ module }}.controls = null; {{ module }}.panel = null; {{ module }}.re = new RegExp("^SRID=\d+;(.+)", "i"); {{ module }}.layers = {};
+{{ module }}.map = null; {{ module }}.controls = null; {{ module }}.panel = null; {{ module }}.re = new RegExp("^SRID=\\d+;(.+)", "i"); {{ module }}.layers = {};
 {{ module }}.modifiable = {{ modifiable|yesno:"true,false" }};
 {{ module }}.wkt_f = new OpenLayers.Format.WKT();
 {{ module }}.is_collection = {{ is_collection|yesno:"true,false" }};