diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource/type.rb b/lib/puppet/resource/type.rb
index 24ba6416d20..cc4aabc5f7f 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource/type.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource/type.rb
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def instantiate_resource(scope, resource)
 
   def name
     if type == :node && name_is_regex?
-      "__node_regexp__#{@name.source.downcase.gsub(/[^-\w:.]/, '').sub(/^\.+/, '')}"
+      "__node_regexp__#{@name.source.downcase.gsub(/[^-\w:.]/, '').sub(/^\.+/, '')}__#{@name.object_id}"
     else
       @name
     end
diff --git a/spec/integration/parser/node_spec.rb b/spec/integration/parser/node_spec.rb
index 998a6bded9d..3b8062e7daf 100644
--- a/spec/integration/parser/node_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/parser/node_spec.rb
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ class foo {
       end.not_to raise_error
     end
 
-    it 'errors when two nodes with regexes collide after some regex syntax is removed' do
+    it 'do not raise an error when two nodes with regexes collide after some regex syntax is removed' do
       expect do
         compile_to_catalog(<<-MANIFEST)
         node /a.*(c)?/ { }
         node /a.*c/ { }
         MANIFEST
-      end.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Node '__node_regexp__a.c' is already defined/)
+      end.not_to raise_error
     end
 
     it 'provides captures from the regex in the node body' do
diff --git a/spec/unit/resource/type_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resource/type_spec.rb
index 7120b447ff1..01e3e1424e9 100644
--- a/spec/unit/resource/type_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resource/type_spec.rb
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@
       end
 
       it "should return the regex converted to a string when asked for its name" do
-        expect(Puppet::Resource::Type.new(:node, /ww/).name).to eq("__node_regexp__ww")
+        expect(Puppet::Resource::Type.new(:node, /ww/).name).to match(/__node_regexp__ww__\d+/)
       end
 
       it "should downcase the regex when returning the name as a string" do
-        expect(Puppet::Resource::Type.new(:node, /W/).name).to eq("__node_regexp__w")
+        expect(Puppet::Resource::Type.new(:node, /W/).name).to match(/__node_regexp__w__\d+/)
       end
 
       it "should remove non-alpha characters when returning the name as a string" do