diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
index 7c983c14ff..76109da4bc 100644
--- a/userdiff.c
+++ b/userdiff.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ PATTERNS("cpp",
 	 /* Jump targets or access declarations */
 	 "!^[ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*:.*$\n"
 	 /* C/++ functions/methods at top level */
-	 "^([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*([ \t]+[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*([ \t]*::[ \t]*[^[:space:]]+)?){1,}[ \t]*\\([^;]*)$\n"
+	 "^([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*([ \t*]+[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*([ \t]*::[ \t]*[^[:space:]]+)?){1,}[ \t]*\\([^;]*)$\n"
 	 /* compound type at top level */
 	 "^((struct|class|enum)[^;]*)$",
 	 /* -- */