diff --git a/scrapy/utils/misc.py b/scrapy/utils/misc.py
index f51012e3d..b2164d4a8 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/misc.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/misc.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def extract_regex(regex, text, encoding='utf-8'):
     try:
         strings = [regex.search(text).group('extract')]   # named group
     except Exception:
-        strings = regex.findall(text)   # full regex or numbered groups
+        strings = regex.findall(text)    # full regex or numbered groups
     strings = flatten(strings)
 
     if isinstance(text, six.text_type):