diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 826470d7f000..96e2486a6fc4 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ if ($arch eq "x86_64") {
 
 } elsif ($arch eq "powerpc") {
     $local_regex = "^[0-9a-fA-F]+\\s+t\\s+(\\.?\\S+)";
-    $function_regex = "^([0-9a-fA-F]+)\\s+<(\\.?.*?)>:";
+    # See comment in the sparc64 section for why we use '\w'.
+    $function_regex = "^([0-9a-fA-F]+)\\s+<(\\.?\\w*?)>:";
     $mcount_regex = "^\\s*([0-9a-fA-F]+):.*\\s\\.?_mcount\$";
 
     if ($bits == 64) {