1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5fe361e1ed5e..d2464002bb40 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6429,7 +6429,7 @@ sub process {
                 }
 
 # check for uses of S_<PERMS> that could be octal for readability
-                if ($line =~ /\b($multi_mode_perms_string_search)\b/) {
+                while ($line =~ m{\b($multi_mode_perms_string_search)\b}g) {
                         my $oval = $1;
                         my $octal = perms_to_octal($oval);
                         if (WARN("SYMBOLIC_PERMS",