diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index b21236377998..7102f14fc775 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ regex_c=(
 	'/^PCI_OP_WRITE([[:space:]]*\(\w*\).*[1-4])/pci_bus_write_config_\1/'
 	'/\<DEFINE_\(RT_MUTEX\|MUTEX\|SEMAPHORE\|SPINLOCK\)([[:space:]]*\([[:alnum:]_]*\)/\2/v/'
 	'/\<DEFINE_\(RAW_SPINLOCK\|RWLOCK\|SEQLOCK\)([[:space:]]*\([[:alnum:]_]*\)/\2/v/'
+	'/\<DEFINE_TIMER(\([^,)]*\),/\1/'
 	'/\<DECLARE_\(RWSEM\|COMPLETION\)([[:space:]]*\([[:alnum:]_]\+\)/\2/v/'
 	'/\<DECLARE_BITMAP([[:space:]]*\([[:alnum:]_]\+\)/\1/v/'
 	'/\(^\|\s\)\(\|L\|H\)LIST_HEAD([[:space:]]*\([[:alnum:]_]*\)/\3/v/'
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ exuberant()
 	# identifiers to ignore by ctags
 	local ign=(
 		ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL
-		DEFINE_{TRACE,MUTEX}
+		DEFINE_{TRACE,MUTEX,TIMER}
 		EXPORT_SYMBOL EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
 		EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL
 		____cacheline_aligned ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp