diff --git a/packages/client/src/runtime/utils/createErrorMessageWithContext.test.ts b/packages/client/src/runtime/utils/createErrorMessageWithContext.test.ts
index 0415f6d9dd45..11863425cbc1 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/runtime/utils/createErrorMessageWithContext.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/runtime/utils/createErrorMessageWithContext.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { fs, vol } from 'memfs'
+import { performance } from 'perf_hooks'
 
 import { CallSite } from './CallSite'
 import { createErrorMessageWithContext } from './createErrorMessageWithContext'
@@ -424,3 +425,22 @@ test('with windows lines endings', () => {
     What a terrible failure!
   `)
 })
+
+test('does not uses polynominal regex', () => {
+  // from https://devina.io/redos-checker
+  const example = 'tfindFirs'.repeat(18258) + 's'
+
+  mockFile('/project/some-file.js', example)
+
+  // sync timeouts don't work in jest (https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/6947), so we have to improvise
+  const start = performance.now()
+
+  createErrorMessageWithContext({
+    originalMethod: 'model.findFirst',
+    callsite: mockCallsite('/project/some-file.js', 1, 1),
+    message: 'What a terrible failure!',
+  })
+  const timeTook = performance.now() - start
+
+  expect(timeTook).toBeLessThan(100)
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/src/runtime/utils/createErrorMessageWithContext.ts b/packages/client/src/runtime/utils/createErrorMessageWithContext.ts
index 6ac190d96861..540f62a0a33e 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/runtime/utils/createErrorMessageWithContext.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/runtime/utils/createErrorMessageWithContext.ts
@@ -111,12 +111,17 @@ function getTemplateParameters(
 
 function findPrismaActionCall(str: string): { code: string; openingBraceIndex: number } | null {
   const allActions = Object.keys(DMMF.ModelAction).join('|')
-  const regexp = new RegExp(String.raw`\S+(${allActions})\(`)
+  const regexp = new RegExp(String.raw`\.(${allActions})\(`)
   const match = regexp.exec(str)
   if (match) {
+    const openingBraceIndex = match.index + match[0].length
+    // to get the code we are slicing the string up to a found brace. We start
+    // with first non-space character if space is found in the line before that or
+    // 0 if it is not.
+    const statementStart = str.lastIndexOf(' ', match.index) + 1
     return {
-      code: match[0],
-      openingBraceIndex: match.index + match[0].length,
+      code: str.slice(statementStart, openingBraceIndex),
+      openingBraceIndex,
     }
   }
   return null