diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index bd6185d529cf..33b53cab5dbf 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ exuberant()
 	--regex-asm='/^ENTRY\(([^)]*)\).*/\1/'                  \
 	--regex-c='/^SYSCALL_DEFINE[[:digit:]]?\(([^,)]*).*/sys_\1/' \
 	--regex-c++='/^TRACE_EVENT\(([^,)]*).*/trace_\1/'		\
-	--regex-c++='/^DEFINE_EVENT\(([^,)]*).*/trace_\1/'
+	--regex-c++='/^DEFINE_EVENT\([^,)]*, *([^,)]*).*/trace_\1/'
 
 	all_kconfigs | xargs $1 -a                              \
 	--langdef=kconfig --language-force=kconfig              \