diff --git a/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js b/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
index c0e87aeefcc..4016c1b3573 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
@@ -205,11 +205,14 @@ const kinds = Object.keys(findCharacterSequences);
  * or the node's `regex` property.
  * The purpose of this method is to provide a replacement for `getStaticValue` on Node.js 18, where `getStaticValue` returns `null` if a regular expression literal contains the `v` flag.
  * A limitation of this method is that it can only detect a regular expression if the specified node is itself a regular expression literal node.
- * @param {ASTNode} node The node to be inspected.
+ * @param {ASTNode|null|undefined} node The node to be inspected.
  * @param {Scope} [initialScope] Optional scope to start finding variables. If this scope was given, this tries to resolve identifier references which are in the given node as much as possible.
  * @returns {{ value: any } | { value: undefined, optional?: true } | { regex: { pattern: string, flags: string } } | null} The static value of the node, or `null`.
  */
 function getStaticValueOrRegex(node, initialScope) {
+    if (!node) {
+        return null;
+    }
     if (node.type === "Literal" && node.regex) {
         return { regex: node.regex };
     }
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
index 724dc5fd194..6a276ae12c2 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ruleTester.run("no-misleading-character-class", rule, {
         "var r = /🇯🇵/",
         "var r = /[JP]/",
         "var r = /👨‍👩‍👦/",
+        "new RegExp()",
         "var r = RegExp(/[👍]/u)",
         "const regex = /[👍]/u; new RegExp(regex);",
         {