diff --git a/chain.go b/chain.go
index 18c24584..b6b14ab2 100644
--- a/chain.go
+++ b/chain.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (s *Chain) Debug() *Chain {
 }
 
 func (s *Chain) validSql(str string) (result bool) {
-	result = regexp.MustCompile("^\\s*[\\w][\\w\\s,.]*[\\w]\\s*$").MatchString(str)
+	result = regexp.MustCompile("^\\s*[\\w\\s,.*()]*\\s*$").MatchString(str)
 	if !result {
 		s.err(errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("SQL is not valid, %s", str)))
 	}
diff --git a/gorm_test.go b/gorm_test.go
index d855f598..b165db15 100644
--- a/gorm_test.go
+++ b/gorm_test.go
@@ -533,7 +533,11 @@ func TestOr(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCount(t *testing.T) {
 	var count, count1, count2 int64
 	var users []User
-	db.Where("name = ?", "1").Or("name = ?", "3").Find(&users).Count(&count)
+
+	if err := db.Where("name = ?", "1").Or("name = ?", "3").Find(&users).Count(&count).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Count should have no error", err)
+	}
+
 	if count != int64(len(users)) {
 		t.Errorf("Count() method should get same value of users count")
 	}