diff --git a/lisp/dos-w32.el b/lisp/dos-w32.el
index b945dca075f..351f5bf3789 100644
--- a/lisp/dos-w32.el
+++ b/lisp/dos-w32.el
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 					; Unix stuff
     ("\\.tp[ulpw]$" . t)
 					; Borland Pascal stuff
-    ("[:/]tags$" . t)
+    ("[:/]tags$" . nil)
 					; Emacs TAGS file
     )
   "*Alist for distinguishing text files from binary files.