diff --git a/scripts/decodecode b/scripts/decodecode
index ba8b8d5834e6..fbdb325cdf4f 100755
--- a/scripts/decodecode
+++ b/scripts/decodecode
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ faultlinenum=$(( $(wc -l $T.oo  | cut -d" " -f1) - \
 faultline=`cat $T.dis | head -1 | cut -d":" -f2-`
 faultline=`echo "$faultline" | sed -e 's/\[/\\\[/g; s/\]/\\\]/g'`
 
-cat $T.oo | sed -e "${faultlinenum}s/^\(.*:\)\(.*\)/\1\*\2\t\t<-- trapping instruction/"
+cat $T.oo | sed -e "${faultlinenum}s/^\([^:]*:\)\(.*\)/\1\*\2\t\t<-- trapping instruction/"
 echo
 cat $T.aa
 cleanup