diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.cpp
index 2502b641464..c74ad31d277 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.cpp
@@ -472,6 +472,21 @@ void popupResultsPane()
         dd->m_resultsPane->popup(Core::IOutputPane::NoModeSwitch);
 }
 
+QString wildcardPatternFromString(const QString &original)
+{
+    QString pattern = original;
+    pattern.replace('\\', "\\\\");
+    pattern.replace('.', "\\.");
+    pattern.replace('^', "\\^").replace('$', "\\$");
+    pattern.replace('(', "\\(").replace(')', "\\)");
+    pattern.replace('[', "\\[").replace(']', "\\]");
+    pattern.replace('{', "\\{").replace('}', "\\}");
+    pattern.replace('+', "\\+");
+    pattern.replace('*', ".*");
+    pattern.replace('?', '.');
+    return pattern;
+}
+
 bool ChoicePair::matches(const ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *rc) const
 {
     return rc && rc->displayName() == displayName && rc->runnable().command.executable() == executable;
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.h b/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.h
index a70066813d9..a97c04c2741 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.h
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ void cacheRunConfigChoice(const QString &buildTargetKey, const ChoicePair &choic
 ChoicePair cachedChoiceFor(const QString &buildTargetKey);
 void clearChoiceCache();
 void popupResultsPane();
-
+QString wildcardPatternFromString(const QString &original);
 
 } // Autotest::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/gtest/gtesttreeitem.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/gtest/gtesttreeitem.cpp
index 8ece0e618ab..42b10020052 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/gtest/gtesttreeitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/gtest/gtesttreeitem.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "gtestframework.h"
 #include "gtestparser.h"
 #include "../autotesttr.h"
+#include "../autotestplugin.h"
 
 #include <cppeditor/cppmodelmanager.h>
 
@@ -56,20 +57,6 @@ TestTreeItem *GTestTreeItem::copyWithoutChildren()
     return copied;
 }
 
-static QString wildCardPattern(const QString &original)
-{
-    QString pattern = original;
-    pattern.replace('.', "\\.");
-    pattern.replace('$', "\\$");
-    pattern.replace('(', "\\(").replace(')', "\\)");
-    pattern.replace('[', "\\[").replace(']', "\\]");
-    pattern.replace('{', "\\{").replace('}', "\\}");
-    pattern.replace('+', "\\+");
-    pattern.replace('*', ".*");
-    pattern.replace('?', '.');
-    return pattern;
-}
-
 static bool matchesFilter(const QString &filter, const QString &fullTestName)
 {
     QStringList positive;
@@ -87,12 +74,12 @@ static bool matchesFilter(const QString &filter, const QString &fullTestName)
         testName.append('.');
 
     for (const QString &curr : negative) {
-        QRegularExpression regex(wildCardPattern(curr));
+        QRegularExpression regex(wildcardPatternFromString(curr));
         if (regex.match(testName).hasMatch())
             return false;
     }
     for (const QString &curr : positive) {
-        QRegularExpression regex(wildCardPattern(curr));
+        QRegularExpression regex(wildcardPatternFromString(curr));
         if (regex.match(testName).hasMatch())
             return true;
     }