1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 4f559de8b173..e93e796b17ce 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -2814,11 +2814,11 @@ sub process_file($) {
                 $in_doc_sect = 1;
                 $in_purpose = 0;
                 $contents = $newcontents;
+                while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") ||
+                       substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") {
+                    $contents = substr($contents, 1);
+                }
                 if ($contents ne "") {
-                    while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") ||
-                        substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") {
-                            $contents = substr($contents, 1);
-                    }
                     $contents .= "\n";
                 }
                 $section = $newsection;