diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
index 4fba255e54ae..00a6d7e54971 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
@@ -322,8 +322,6 @@ direct_declarator:
 		{ $$ = $2; }
 	| '(' declarator ')'
 		{ $$ = $3; }
-	| '(' error ')'
-		{ $$ = $3; }
 	;
 
 /* Nested declarators differ from regular declarators in that they do