diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index db8ba411860a..29c954deb424 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@ all_sources()
 
 all_compiled_sources()
 {
-	realpath -es $([ -z "$KBUILD_ABS_SRCTREE" ] && echo --relative-to=.) \
-		include/generated/autoconf.h $(find $ignore -name "*.cmd" -exec \
-		grep -Poh '(?(?=^source_.* \K).*|(?=^  \K\S).*(?= \\))' {} \+ |
-		awk '!a[$0]++') | sort -u
+	{
+		echo include/generated/autoconf.h
+		find $ignore -name "*.cmd" -exec \
+			grep -Poh '(?(?=^source_.* \K).*|(?=^  \K\S).*(?= \\))' {} \+ |
+		awk '!a[$0]++'
+	} | xargs realpath -es $([ -z "$KBUILD_ABS_SRCTREE" ] && echo --relative-to=.) |
+	sort -u
 }
 
 all_target_sources()