diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index d661f2f3ef61..d23dcbf17457 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ all_compiled_sources()
 		case "$i" in
 			*.[cS])
 				j=${i/\.[cS]/\.o}
+				j="${j#$tree}"
 				if [ -e $j ]; then
 					echo $i
 				fi