diff --git a/hw/xfree86/loader/sdksyms.sh b/hw/xfree86/loader/sdksyms.sh
index be0b0ee..665adbe 100755
--- a/hw/xfree86/loader/sdksyms.sh
+++ b/hw/xfree86/loader/sdksyms.sh
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ BEGIN {
 
 /^extern[ 	]/  {
     if (sdk) {
-	n = 3;
+	n = 2;
 
 	# skip attribute, if any
 	while ($n ~ /^(__attribute__|__global)/ ||
