diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4f0bd65a38d80397dbb3f38c827b8a587cc0c1da..b4de51d72771609544195b72c0cf655974a20975 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ define xtags
 		-I __initdata,__exitdata,__acquires,__releases \
 		-I EXPORT_SYMBOL,EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL \
 		--extra=+f --c-kinds=+px \
-		--regex-asm='/ENTRY\(([^)]*)\).*/\1/'; \
+		--regex-asm='/^ENTRY\(([^)]*)\).*/\1/'; \
 	    $(all-kconfigs) | xargs $1 -a \
 		--langdef=kconfig \
 		--language-force=kconfig \