diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
index 88632df4381b933a95c91de0e62c5e8648c4f089..dafaf96e0a34baea94d4b4e5f171f9ce0e53927e 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
@@ -423,13 +423,15 @@ static struct string_list *read_node(FILE *f)
 	struct string_list node = {
 		.string = buffer,
 		.tag = SYM_NORMAL };
-	int c;
+	int c, in_string = 0;
 
 	while ((c = fgetc(f)) != EOF) {
-		if (c == ' ') {
+		if (!in_string && c == ' ') {
 			if (node.string == buffer)
 				continue;
 			break;
+		} else if (c == '"') {
+			in_string = !in_string;
 		} else if (c == '\n') {
 			if (node.string == buffer)
 				return NULL;