diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.wp-scripts.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.wp-scripts.php
index 572e7130cdfd0..f4a09c4309a85 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.wp-scripts.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.wp-scripts.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function wp_add_inline_script( $handle, $data, $position = 'after' ) {
 			),
 			'4.5.0'
 		);
-		$data = trim( preg_replace( '#<script[^>]*>(.*?)</script>|<script[^>]*>#is', '$1', $data ) );
+		$data = trim( preg_replace( '#<script[^>]*>(.*)</script>|<script[^>]*>#is', '$1', $data ) );
 	}
 
 	return wp_scripts()->add_inline_script( $handle, $data, $position );