1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 764ffd1bb1c5..b464a4c3f863 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ sub parse_email {
         } elsif ($formatted_email =~ /(\S+\@\S+)(.*)$/) {
                 $address = $1;
                 $comment = $2 if defined $2;
-                $formatted_email =~ s/$address.*$//;
+                $formatted_email =~ s/\Q$address\E.*$//;
                 $name = $formatted_email;
                 $name = trim($name);
                 $name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;