diff --git a/ghc/driver/ghc-iface.lprl b/ghc/driver/ghc-iface.lprl
index fe61f697da45264f753aec2884f0f2a16eab28d9..7f4cb6651d87fe0a0546f32e53b4a2a4af9ecbc9 100644
--- a/ghc/driver/ghc-iface.lprl
+++ b/ghc/driver/ghc-iface.lprl
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ sub readHiFile {
 	} elsif ( /^_([a-z_]+)_$/ ) {
 	    $now_in = $1;
 
-	} elsif ( $now_in eq 'usages' && /^(\S+)\s+(!\s+)?(\d+)\s+:: (.*)/ ) {
+	} elsif ( $now_in eq 'usages' && /^(\S+)\s+(!\s+)?(\d+)\s+::(.*)/ ) {
 	    $Stuff{"$mod:usages"} .= $_; # save the whole thing