diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 953359ed9871841247b59c788f368dda04bb0cda..698dfc6ba65c5ba95f969b17f405e5d71d6cbd33 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1378,6 +1378,7 @@ define xtags
 	if $1 --version 2>&1 | grep -iq exuberant; then \
 	    $(all-sources) | xargs $1 -a \
 		-I __initdata,__exitdata,__acquires,__releases \
+		-I __read_mostly,____cacheline_aligned,____cacheline_aligned_in_smp,____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp \
 		-I EXPORT_SYMBOL,EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL \
 		--extra=+f --c-kinds=+px \
 		--regex-asm='/^ENTRY\(([^)]*)\).*/\1/'; \