1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 832e8150dba3..089c974aa3a5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2628,8 +2628,8 @@ sub process {
 # Check if it's the start of a commit log
 # (not a header line and we haven't seen the patch filename)
                 if ($in_header_lines && $realfile =~ /^$/ &&
-                    !($rawline =~ /^\s+\S/ ||
-                      $rawline =~ /^(commit\b|from\b|[\w-]+:).*$/i)) {
+                    !($rawline =~ /^\s+(?:\S|$)/ ||
+                      $rawline =~ /^(?:commit\b|from\b|[\w-]+:)/i)) {
                         $in_header_lines = 0;
                         $in_commit_log = 1;
                         $has_commit_log = 1;