diff --git a/volatility3/framework/plugins/regexscan.py b/volatility3/framework/plugins/regexscan.py
index 4df00a583..e95986899 100644
--- a/volatility3/framework/plugins/regexscan.py
+++ b/volatility3/framework/plugins/regexscan.py
@@ -46,14 +46,12 @@ class RegExScan(plugins.PluginInterface):
             ),
         ]
 
-    def _generator(self, regex_pattern):
-        regex_pattern = bytes(regex_pattern, "UTF-8")
-        compiled_pattern = re.compile(regex_pattern)
-        vollog.debug(f"RegEx Pattern: {regex_pattern}")
-        maxsize = self.config.get("maxsize", self.MAXSIZE_DEFAULT)
+    def _generator(self, compiled_pattern, raw_pattern, maxsize):
+        vollog.debug(f"RegEx Pattern: {raw_pattern}")
         layer = self.context.layers[self.config["primary"]]
+
         for offset in layer.scan(
-            context=self.context, scanner=scanners.RegExScanner(regex_pattern)
+            context=self.context, scanner=scanners.RegExScanner(raw_pattern)
         ):
             result_data = layer.read(offset, maxsize, pad=True)
 
@@ -74,11 +72,37 @@ class RegExScan(plugins.PluginInterface):
             yield 0, (format_hints.Hex(offset), text_result, bytes_result)
 
     def run(self):
+        pattern = self.config.get("pattern")
+
+        # Handle pattern encoding robustly
+        if isinstance(pattern, str):
+            try:
+                raw_pattern = pattern.encode("utf-8")
+            except UnicodeEncodeError:
+                raw_pattern = pattern.encode("latin1", errors="replace")
+        else:
+            raw_pattern = pattern
+
+        try:
+            compiled_pattern = re.compile(raw_pattern)
+        except re.error as e:
+            vollog.error(f"Invalid regex pattern: {e}")
+            return renderers.TreeGrid(
+                [
+                    ("Offset", format_hints.Hex),
+                    ("Text", str),
+                    ("Hex", bytes),
+                ],
+                [],
+            )
+
+        maxsize = self.config.get("maxsize", self.MAXSIZE_DEFAULT)
+
         return renderers.TreeGrid(
             [
                 ("Offset", format_hints.Hex),
                 ("Text", str),
                 ("Hex", bytes),
             ],
-            self._generator(self.config.get("pattern")),
+            self._generator(compiled_pattern, raw_pattern, maxsize),
         )