diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4492984efc09ab72ff6219a7bc21fb6a957c4cd5..d4aa43789fd961067f456914d6b6f689f21fd5c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ define xtags
 	elif $1 --version 2>&1 | grep -iq emacs; then \
 	    $(all-sources) | xargs $1 -a; \
 	    $(all-kconfigs) | xargs $1 -a \
-		--regex='/^[ \t]*(menu|)config[ \t]+\([a-zA-Z0-9_]+\)/\2/'; \
+		--regex='/^[ \t]*\(\(menu\)*config\)[ \t]+\([a-zA-Z0-9_]+\)/\3/'; \
 	    $(all-defconfigs) | xargs -r $1 -a \
 		--regex='/^#?[ \t]?\(CONFIG_[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\)/\1/'; \
 	else \