diff --git a/gcc/gdbhooks.py b/gcc/gdbhooks.py
index 3fa62652c61c69c3c625d3d271a063c8289d24d2..92e38880a70a64ed1baca233b29a350d053690ea 100644
--- a/gcc/gdbhooks.py
+++ b/gcc/gdbhooks.py
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ class PassNames:
         self.names = []
         with open(os.path.join(srcdir, 'passes.def')) as f:
             for line in f:
-                m = re.match('\s*NEXT_PASS \(([^,]+).*\);', line)
+                m = re.match(r'\s*NEXT_PASS \(([^,]+).*\);', line)
                 if m:
                     self.names.append(m.group(1))