diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index ea0eaca..0f84bb3 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1853,14 +1853,14 @@
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "struct module __this_module\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\".gnu.linkonce.this_module\"))) = {\n");
-	buf_printf(b, " .name = KBUILD_MODNAME,\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "\t.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,\n");
 	if (mod->has_init)
-		buf_printf(b, " .init = init_module,\n");
+		buf_printf(b, "\t.init = init_module,\n");
 	if (mod->has_cleanup)
 		buf_printf(b, "#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD\n"
-			      " .exit = cleanup_module,\n"
+			      "\t.exit = cleanup_module,\n"
 			      "#endif\n");
-	buf_printf(b, " .arch = MODULE_ARCH_INIT,\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "\t.arch = MODULE_ARCH_INIT,\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "};\n");
 }