diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 606ef7c4a544..2acd9dde1339 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -414,8 +414,9 @@ export MODVERDIR := $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/).tmp_ve
 
 # Files to ignore in find ... statements
 
-RCS_FIND_IGNORE := \( -name SCCS -o -name BitKeeper -o -name .svn -o -name CVS \
-		   -o -name .pc -o -name .hg -o -name .git \) -prune -o
+export RCS_FIND_IGNORE := \( -name SCCS -o -name BitKeeper -o -name .svn -o    \
+			  -name CVS -o -name .pc -o -name .hg -o -name .git \) \
+			  -prune -o
 export RCS_TAR_IGNORE := --exclude SCCS --exclude BitKeeper --exclude .svn \
 			 --exclude CVS --exclude .pc --exclude .hg --exclude .git
 
diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index 58c455929091..f2c5b006a3d7 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ if [ "$KBUILD_VERBOSE" = "1" ]; then
 	set -x
 fi
 
-# This is a duplicate of RCS_FIND_IGNORE without escaped '()'
-ignore="( -name SCCS -o -name BitKeeper -o -name .svn -o \
-          -name CVS  -o -name .pc       -o -name .hg  -o \
-          -name .git )                                   \
-          -prune -o"
+# RCS_FIND_IGNORE has escaped ()s -- remove them.
+ignore="$(echo "$RCS_FIND_IGNORE" | sed 's|\\||g' )"
+# tags and cscope files should also ignore MODVERSION *.mod.c files
+ignore="$ignore ( -name *.mod.c ) -prune -o"
 
 # Do not use full path if we do not use O=.. builds
 # Use make O=. {tags|cscope}