diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.listview.filter.js b/js/jquery.mobile.listview.filter.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ebbcc2bdad4..4d8d4024a2f
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.listview.filter.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.listview.filter.js
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ $( ":jqmData(role='listview')" ).live( "listviewcreate", function() {
 
 			// Change val as lastval for next execution
 			$this.jqmData( "lastval" , val );
-
-			change = val.replace( new RegExp( "^" + lastval ) , "" );
+			change = val.substr( 0 , lastval.length - 1 ).replace( lastval , "" );
 
 			if ( val.length < lastval.length || change.length != ( val.length - lastval.length ) ) {
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/listview/listview_core.js b/tests/unit/listview/listview_core.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 80fa59e91ed..26ba63e3ad4
--- a/tests/unit/listview/listview_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/listview/listview_core.js
@@ -332,10 +332,8 @@
 				$searchPage.find('input').val('at');
 				$searchPage.find('input').trigger('change');
 
-				setTimeout(function() {
-					same($searchPage.find('li.ui-screen-hidden').length, 2);
-					start();
-				}, 1000);
+				same($searchPage.find('li.ui-screen-hidden').length, 2);
+				start();
 			}
 		]);
 	});
@@ -351,14 +349,29 @@
 				$searchPage.find('input').val('a');
 				$searchPage.find('input').trigger('change');
 
-				setTimeout(function() {
-					same($searchPage.find("li[style^='display: none;']").length, 0);
-					start();
-				}, 1000);
+				same($searchPage.find("li[style^='display: none;']").length, 0);
+				start();
 			}
 		]);
 	});
 
+    asyncTest( "Filter works fine with \\W- or regexp-special-characters", function() {
+        var $searchPage = $(searchFilterId);
+        $.testHelper.pageSequence([
+            function() {
+                $.testHelper.openPage(searchFilterId);
+            },
+
+            function() {
+                $searchPage.find('input').val('*');
+                $searchPage.find('input').trigger('change');
+
+                same($searchPage.find('li.ui-screen-hidden').length, 4);
+                start();
+            }
+        ]);
+    });
+
 	test( "Refresh applies thumb styling", function(){
 		var ul = $('.ui-page-active ul');
 
@@ -441,7 +454,7 @@
 				$li = $page.find( "li:visible" );
 			ok($li.first().hasClass( "ui-corner-top" ), $li.length+" li elements: First visible element should have class ui-corner-top");
 			ok($li.last().hasClass( "ui-corner-bottom" ), $li.length+" li elements: Last visible element should have class ui-corner-bottom");
-		}
+		};
 
 		$.testHelper.pageSequence([
 			function() {