diff --git a/daemon/remote_generator.pl b/daemon/remote_generator.pl
index a8ddbfe7eb05b3a7e9c06098fcbc03fb89592028..abcead349c6a1782ab6584a72dae7cac7683169f 100755
--- a/daemon/remote_generator.pl
+++ b/daemon/remote_generator.pl
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ elsif ($opt_b) {
                     } else {
                         push(@args_list, "args->$2");
                     }
-                } elsif ($args_member =~ m/^\/*/) {
+                } elsif ($args_member =~ m/^(\/)?\*/) {
                     # ignore comments
                 } else {
                     die "unhandled type for argument value: $args_member";
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ elsif ($opt_k) {
 
                     push(@args_list, "$type_name $arg_name");
                     push(@setters_list, "args.$arg_name = $arg_name;");
-                } elsif ($args_member =~ m/^\/*/) {
+                } elsif ($args_member =~ m/^(\/)?\*/) {
                     # ignore comments
                 } else {
                     die "unhandled type for argument value: $args_member";