diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_macro_scan.l b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_macro_scan.l
index f06e703..c0457b8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_macro_scan.l
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_macro_scan.l
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 static char *string_buf_ptr;
 static int  parren_count;
 static char buf[255];
+int  mmlineno;
 %}
 
 WORD		[A-Za-z_][-A-Za-z_0-9]*
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
 
 %%
 \n			{
-				++yylineno;
+				++mmlineno;
 			}
 \r			;
 <ARGLIST>{SPACE}	;