diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/datatypes.xsd b/dlls/msxml3/datatypes.xsd
index 9e0479d8ca2..ffbe0e2f858 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/datatypes.xsd
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/datatypes.xsd
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
         </xsd:annotation>
 
         <xsd:restriction base="xsd:decimal">
-            <xsd:pattern value="([0-9]{,14})([.][0-9]{,4})?"/>
+            <xsd:pattern value="([0-9]{0,14})([.][0-9]{0,4})?"/>
         </xsd:restriction>
     </xsd:simpleType>
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
         </xsd:annotation>
 
         <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
-            <xsd:pattern value="([0-9A-Fa-f]{4})([-]{,1}[0-9A-Fa-f]{4})*"/>
+            <xsd:pattern value="([0-9A-Fa-f]{4})([-]{0,1}[0-9A-Fa-f]{4})*"/>
         </xsd:restriction>
     </xsd:simpleType>