diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index eff62d774..19b6ad5fc 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export class Utils {
                 default:
                     throw operator;
             }
-            return `.match(${rhs}${flags})${remainingTokens} ${_operator} null`;
+            return `.match(${rhs}${flags})${remainingTokens} ${_operator} null `;
         });
 
         // Scenario when RHS is surrounded by double-quotes
@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ Refer to https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/jobs/job_rules.html#unexpected-behavior-f
         });
 
         // Convert all null.match functions to false
-        evalStr = evalStr.replace(/null.match\(.+?\) != null/g, "false");
-        evalStr = evalStr.replace(/null.match\(.+?\) == null/g, "false");
+        evalStr = evalStr.replace(/null.match\(.+?\)\s*!=\s*null/g, "false");
+        evalStr = evalStr.replace(/null.match\(.+?\)\s*==\s*null/g, "false");
+
+        evalStr = evalStr.trim();
 
         let res;
         try {
diff --git a/tests/rules-regex.test.ts b/tests/rules-regex.test.ts
index d24f29e26..8ad4c65c3 100644
--- a/tests/rules-regex.test.ts
+++ b/tests/rules-regex.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ const tests = [
         jsExpression: '"23".match(/1234/) != null',
         evalResult: false,
     },
+    {
+        rule: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $GITLAB_FEATURES =~ /\bdependency_scanning\b/ && $CI_GITLAB_FIPS_MODE == "true"',
+        jsExpression: 'null && false && null == "true"',
+        evalResult: false,
+    },
 ];
 /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/quotes */