diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
index b8bd0c4aa02e4d0bae958c2fec0fa492c49ca583..0a8f4742ef519f2aa2b43d7318fed524eede671d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ obj-$(VDSO64-y)			+= vdso-syms.lds
 # Match symbols in the DSO that look like VDSO*; produce a file of constants.
 #
 sed-vdsosym := -e 's/^00*/0/' \
-	-e 's/^\([[:xdigit:]]*\) . \(VDSO[[:alnum:]_]*\)$$/\2 = 0x\1;/p'
+	-e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) . \(VDSO[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)$$/\2 = 0x\1;/p'
 quiet_cmd_vdsosym = VDSOSYM $@
-      cmd_vdsosym = $(NM) $< | sed -n $(sed-vdsosym) | LC_ALL=C sort > $@
+define cmd_vdsosym
+	$(NM) $< | LC_ALL=C sed -n $(sed-vdsosym) | LC_ALL=C sort > $@
+endef
 
 $(obj)/%-syms.lds: $(obj)/%.so.dbg FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdsosym)