diff --git a/src/covermanager/musixmatchcoverprovider.cpp b/src/covermanager/musixmatchcoverprovider.cpp
index 998b631f1..b870cdbe2 100644
--- a/src/covermanager/musixmatchcoverprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/covermanager/musixmatchcoverprovider.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ void MusixmatchCoverProvider::HandleSearchReply(QNetworkReply *reply, const int
     return;
   }
 
-  if (content_json.contains(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("<[^>]*>")))) {  // Make sure it's not HTML code.
+  static const QRegularExpression regex_html_tag(QStringLiteral("<[^>]*>"));
+  if (content_json.contains(regex_html_tag)) {  // Make sure it's not HTML code.
     emit SearchFinished(id, results);
     return;
   }