diff --git a/regex-automata/src/meta/strategy.rs b/regex-automata/src/meta/strategy.rs
index 4cb3b29b9..04f2ba3c3 100644
--- a/regex-automata/src/meta/strategy.rs
+++ b/regex-automata/src/meta/strategy.rs
@@ -1167,21 +1167,34 @@ impl ReverseSuffix {
             return Err(core);
         }
         let kind = core.info.config().get_match_kind();
-        let suffixseq = crate::util::prefilter::suffixes(kind, hirs);
-        let Some(suffixes) = suffixseq.literals() else {
-            debug!(
-                "skipping reverse suffix optimization because \
-                 the extract suffix sequence is not finite",
-            );
-            return Err(core);
+        let suffixes = crate::util::prefilter::suffixes(kind, hirs);
+        let lcs = match suffixes.longest_common_suffix() {
+            None => {
+                debug!(
+                    "skipping reverse suffix optimization because \
+                     a longest common suffix could not be found",
+                );
+                return Err(core);
+            }
+            Some(lcs) if lcs.is_empty() => {
+                debug!(
+                    "skipping reverse suffix optimization because \
+                     the longest common suffix is the empty string",
+                );
+                return Err(core);
+            }
+            Some(lcs) => lcs,
         };
-        let Some(pre) = Prefilter::new(kind, suffixes) else {
-            debug!(
-                "skipping reverse suffix optimization because \
+        let pre = match Prefilter::new(kind, &[lcs]) {
+            Some(pre) => pre,
+            None => {
+                debug!(
+                    "skipping reverse suffix optimization because \
                      a prefilter could not be constructed from the \
                      longest common suffix",
-            );
-            return Err(core);
+                );
+                return Err(core);
+            }
         };
         if !pre.is_fast() {
             debug!(
@@ -1268,7 +1281,7 @@ impl ReverseSuffix {
             e.try_search_half_rev_limited(&input, min_start)
         } else if let Some(e) = self.core.hybrid.get(&input) {
             trace!(
-                "using lazy DFA for reverse inner search at {:?}, \
+                "using lazy DFA for reverse suffix search at {:?}, \
                  but will be stopped at {} to avoid quadratic behavior",
                 input.get_span(),
                 min_start,
diff --git a/testdata/regression.toml b/testdata/regression.toml
index 2954c9118..53b0701a3 100644
--- a/testdata/regression.toml
+++ b/testdata/regression.toml
@@ -813,3 +813,18 @@ name = "hir-optimization-out-of-order-class"
 regex = '^[[:alnum:]./-]+$'
 haystack = "a-b"
 matches = [[0, 3]]
+
+# This is a regression test for an improper reverse suffix optimization. This
+# occurred when I "broadened" the applicability of the optimization to include
+# multiple possible literal suffixes instead of only sticking to a non-empty
+# longest common suffix. It turns out that, at least given how the reverse
+# suffix optimization works, we need to stick to the longest common suffix for
+# now.
+#
+# See: https://github.com/rust-lang/regex/issues/1110
+# See also: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/7980
+[[test]]
+name = 'improper-reverse-suffix-optimization'
+regex = '(\\N\{[^}]+})|([{}])'
+haystack = 'hiya \N{snowman} bye'
+matches = [[[5, 16], [5, 16], []]]