diff --git a/tests/badsymbols.pl b/tests/badsymbols.pl
index bad037975d..d9766cad71 100755
--- a/tests/badsymbols.pl
+++ b/tests/badsymbols.pl
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ sub scanenums {
         if($skipit) {
             next;
         }
+        if (/^#/) {
+            next;
+        }
         if ( /enum\s+(\S+\s+)?{/ .. /}/ ) {
             s/^\s+//;
             chomp;