1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/etags.c b/lib-src/etags.c
index 0f5bfa3a951..182cb4cc876 100644
--- a/lib-src/etags.c
+++ b/lib-src/etags.c
@@ -4730,8 +4730,12 @@ Ruby_functions (FILE *inf)
               if (reader || writer || alias)
                 {
                   do {
-                    char *np = cp;
+                    char *np;
 
+                    cp = skip_spaces (cp);
+                    if (*cp == '(')
+                      cp = skip_spaces (cp + 1);
+                    np = cp;
                     cp = skip_name (cp);
                     if (*np != ':')
                       continue;