2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_curl.c b/plugins/check_curl.c
index f28bcdfc..ba38854a 100644
--- a/plugins/check_curl.c
+++ b/plugins/check_curl.c
@@ -1261,9 +1261,8 @@ mp_state_enum check_http(const check_curl_config config, check_curl_working_stat
         }
 
         if (strlen(config.regexp)) {
-                regex_t preg;
                 regmatch_t pmatch[REGS];
-                int errcode = regexec(&preg, global_state.body_buf.buf, REGS, pmatch, 0);
+                int errcode = regexec(&config.compiled_regex, global_state.body_buf.buf, REGS, pmatch, 0);
                 if ((errcode == 0 && !config.invert_regex) ||
                         (errcode == REG_NOMATCH && config.invert_regex)) {
                         /* OK - No-op to avoid changing the logic around it */
@@ -1284,7 +1283,7 @@ mp_state_enum check_http(const check_curl_config config, check_curl_working_stat
                         }
                         result = config.state_regex;
                 } else {
-                        regerror(errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                        regerror(errcode, &config.compiled_regex, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
 
                         char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
 
@@ -1969,6 +1968,8 @@ check_curl_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 result.errorcode = ERROR;
                                 return result;
                         }
+
+                        result.config.compiled_regex = preg;
                         break;
                 case INVERT_REGEX:
                         result.config.invert_regex = true;
diff --git a/plugins/check_curl.d/config.h b/plugins/check_curl.d/config.h
index 9de68713..9acd4048 100644
--- a/plugins/check_curl.d/config.h
+++ b/plugins/check_curl.d/config.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include "curl/curl.h"
+#include "regex.h"
 
 enum {
         MAX_RE_SIZE = 1024,
@@ -87,7 +88,13 @@ typedef struct {
         char *cookie_jar_file;
 
         int maximum_age;
+
+        // the original regex string from the command line
         char regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE];
+
+        // the compiled regex for usage later
+        regex_t compiled_regex;
+
         mp_state_enum state_regex;
         bool invert_regex;
         bool verify_peer_and_host;
@@ -136,6 +143,7 @@ check_curl_config check_curl_config_init() {
 
                 .maximum_age = -1,
                 .regexp = {},
+                .compiled_regex = {},
                 .state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL,
                 .invert_regex = false,
                 .verify_peer_and_host = false,