diff --git a/frappe/utils/global_search.py b/frappe/utils/global_search.py
index 7012b737c0..20309559e3 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/global_search.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/global_search.py
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ def rebuild_for_doctype(doctype):
 				"name": frappe.db.escape(doc.name),
 				"content": frappe.db.escape(' ||| '.join(content or '')),
 				"published": published,
-				"title": frappe.db.escape(title or '')[:int(frappe.db.VARCHAR_LEN)],
-				"route": frappe.db.escape(route or '')[:int(frappe.db.VARCHAR_LEN)]
+				"title": frappe.db.escape((title or '')[:int(frappe.db.VARCHAR_LEN)]),
+				"route": frappe.db.escape((route or '')[:int(frappe.db.VARCHAR_LEN)])
 			})
 	if all_contents:
 		insert_values_for_multiple_docs(all_contents)