1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
index 254d5af88956..3b41bfca636c 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int pop_input_file(void);
                         push_input_file(name);
                 }
 
-<*>^"#"(line)?{WS}+[0-9]+{WS}+{STRING}({WS}+[0-9]+)? {
+<*>^"#"(line)?[ \t]+[0-9]+[ \t]+{STRING}([ \t]+[0-9]+)? {
                         char *line, *tmp, *fn;
                         /* skip text before line # */
                         line = yytext;