diff --git a/src/uu/tr/src/operation.rs b/src/uu/tr/src/operation.rs
index 5c17b7ab4a..9bb5f9983f 100644
--- a/src/uu/tr/src/operation.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tr/src/operation.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 use crate::unicode_table;
 use nom::{
     branch::alt,
-    bytes::complete::{tag, take},
-    character::complete::{digit1, one_of},
+    bytes::complete::{tag, take, take_till},
+    character::complete::one_of,
     combinator::{map, map_opt, peek, recognize, value},
     multi::{many0, many_m_n},
     sequence::{delimited, preceded, separated_pair},
@@ -404,7 +404,14 @@ impl Sequence {
     fn parse_char_repeat(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], Result<Self, BadSequence>> {
         delimited(
             tag("["),
-            separated_pair(Self::parse_backslash_or_char, tag("*"), digit1),
+            separated_pair(
+                Self::parse_backslash_or_char,
+                tag("*"),
+                // TODO
+                // Why are the opening and closing tags not sufficient?
+                // Backslash check is a workaround for `check_against_gnu_tr_tests_repeat_bs_9`
+                take_till(|ue| matches!(ue, b']' | b'\\')),
+            ),
             tag("]"),
         )(input)
         .map(|(l, (c, cnt_str))| {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_tr.rs b/tests/by-util/test_tr.rs
index 4cf883bacf..ed529f4077 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_tr.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_tr.rs
@@ -1512,3 +1512,12 @@ fn test_backwards_range() {
 ",
         );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_non_digit_repeat() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["a", "[b*c]"])
+        .pipe_in("")
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_only("tr: invalid repeat count 'c' in [c*n] construct\n");
+}