diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
index 64880d727..250f2952f 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class RootPackageLoader extends ArrayLoader
         $minimumStability = $stabilities[$minimumStability];
         foreach ($requires as $reqName => $reqVersion) {
             // parse explicit stability flags to the most unstable
-            if (preg_match('{^[^,\s]*?@('.implode('|', array_keys($stabilities)).')$}i', $reqVersion, $match)) {
+            if (preg_match('{^[^@]*?@('.implode('|', array_keys($stabilities)).')$}i', $reqVersion, $match)) {
                 $name = strtolower($reqName);
                 $stability = $stabilities[VersionParser::normalizeStability($match[1])];