1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index d52f7a01557c..1a0c44d7c4a7 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ all_defconfigs()
 
 docscope()
 {
-        (echo \-k; echo \-q; all_sources) > cscope.files
+        # always use absolute paths for cscope, as recommended by cscope
+        # upstream
+        case "$tree" in
+                /*) ;;
+                *) tree=$PWD/$tree ;;
+        esac
+        (cd /; echo \-k; echo \-q; all_sources) > cscope.files
         cscope -b -f cscope.out
 }