diff --git a/src/stubser/cfile_parser_loc.h b/src/stubser/cfile_parser_loc.h
index 9c46b2d..eb0cdab 100644
--- a/src/stubser/cfile_parser_loc.h
+++ b/src/stubser/cfile_parser_loc.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #define CPARS_PREFIX_STATIC2_S "STATIC"
 #define CPARS_PREFIX_EXTERN_S "extern"
 
-#define CPARS_EXPRESSION_BASE "^[[:blank:]]*([ _\\*[:alnum:]]* +\\**)([_\\*[:alnum:]]+)"
+#define CPARS_EXPRESSION_BASE "^[[:blank:]]*([ _\\*[:alnum:]]*[[:blank:]]+\\**)([_\\*[:alnum:]]+)"
 #define CPARS_REGEX_FUNCTIONPOINTER "^[[:blank:]]*([ _\\*[:alnum:]]* +\\**)\\(([_\\*[:alnum:]]+)\\)(\\([^\\)]*\\))"
 
 #define FUNCTION_BASE         CPARS_EXPRESSION_BASE "[[:blank:]]*\\([[:blank:]]*"