diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
index dc6cdcd569aa5..37e5276a49494 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
@@ -473,8 +473,6 @@ function initSearch(rawSearchIndex) {
         const path = name.trim();
         if (path.length === 0 && generics.length === 0) {
             throw ["Unexpected ", parserState.userQuery[parserState.pos]];
-        } else if (path === "*") {
-            throw ["Unexpected ", "*"];
         }
         if (query.literalSearch && parserState.totalElems - parserState.genericsElems > 0) {
             throw ["Cannot have more than one element if you use quotes"];
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-js-std/parser-errors.js b/tests/rustdoc-js-std/parser-errors.js
index 410fe11b9cf0a..cb1654c0fb0ba 100644
--- a/tests/rustdoc-js-std/parser-errors.js
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-js-std/parser-errors.js
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ const PARSED = [
         userQuery: "-> <p>",
         error: "Found generics without a path",
     },
+    {
+        query: '-> *',
+        elems: [],
+        foundElems: 0,
+        original: "-> *",
+        returned: [],
+        userQuery: "-> *",
+        error: "Unexpected `*`",
+    },
     {
         query: 'a<"P">',
         elems: [],