diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
index efdcf07c4eb6..cabcd146f3aa 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ direct_declarator:
 		{ $$ = $4; }
 	| direct_declarator BRACKET_PHRASE
 		{ $$ = $2; }
-	| '(' declarator ')'
-		{ $$ = $3; }
+	| '(' attribute_opt declarator ')'
+		{ $$ = $4; }
 	;
 
 /* Nested declarators differ from regular declarators in that they do