diff --git a/scripts/build/gen_syscalls.py b/scripts/build/gen_syscalls.py
index 44e0b793a12..13dc1448a1f 100755
--- a/scripts/build/gen_syscalls.py
+++ b/scripts/build/gen_syscalls.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ class SyscallParseException(Exception):
 
 
 def typename_split(item):
+    item = item.strip().replace("\n", " ")
     if "[" in item:
         raise SyscallParseException(
             "Please pass arrays to syscalls as pointers, unable to process '%s'" %
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ def analyze_fn(match_group, fn, userspace_only):
         if args == "void":
             args = []
         else:
-            args = [typename_split(a.strip()) for a in args.split(",")]
+            args = [typename_split(a) for a in args.split(",")]
 
         func_type, func_name = typename_split(func)
     except SyscallParseException: