diff --git a/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js b/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
index 6d835816176..9315ba64972 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
@@ -130,12 +130,6 @@ module.exports = {
          * @returns {void}
          */
         function verify(node, pattern, flags) {
-            const patternNode = parser.parsePattern(
-                pattern,
-                0,
-                pattern.length,
-                flags.includes("u")
-            );
             const has = {
                 surrogatePairWithoutUFlag: false,
                 combiningClass: false,
@@ -144,6 +138,20 @@ module.exports = {
                 regionalIndicatorSymbol: false,
                 zwj: false
             };
+            let patternNode;
+
+            try {
+                patternNode = parser.parsePattern(
+                    pattern,
+                    0,
+                    pattern.length,
+                    flags.includes("u")
+                );
+            } catch (e) {
+
+                // Ignore regular expressions with syntax errors
+                return;
+            }
 
             visitRegExpAST(patternNode, {
                 onCharacterClassEnter(ccNode) {
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
index 4eb104fc6a9..b4b3ac530a3 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-misleading-character-class.js
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ ruleTester.run("no-misleading-character-class", rule, {
 
         // Ignore solo ZWJ.
         "var r = /[\\u200D]/",
-        "var r = /[\\u200D]/u"
+        "var r = /[\\u200D]/u",
+
+        // don't report and don't crash on invalid regex
+        "var r = new RegExp('[Á] [ ');",
+        "var r = RegExp('{ [Á]', 'u');"
     ],
     invalid: [