1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.search/search/org/eclipse/search/internal/ui/text/ReplaceRefactoring.java b/org.eclipse.search/search/org/eclipse/search/internal/ui/text/ReplaceRefactoring.java
index ca3b092baeb..37a2bc5bcdd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.search/search/org/eclipse/search/internal/ui/text/ReplaceRefactoring.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.search/search/org/eclipse/search/internal/ui/text/ReplaceRefactoring.java
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ public class ReplaceRefactoring extends Refactoring {
 				replacementText= PatternConstructor.interpretReplaceEscapes(replacementText, originalText, lineDelimiter);
 
 				Matcher matcher= pattern.matcher(originalText);
-				StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+				StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 				matcher.reset();
 				if (matcher.find()) {
 					matcher.appendReplacement(sb, replacementText);