1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9f12213d81cf..e7c50977fe3d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4188,7 +4188,7 @@ sub process {
 # check for naked sscanf
                 if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
                     defined $stat &&
-                    $stat =~ /\bsscanf\b/ &&
+                    $line =~ /\bsscanf\b/ &&
                     ($stat !~ /$Ident\s*=\s*sscanf\s*$balanced_parens/ &&
                      $stat !~ /\bsscanf\s*$balanced_parens\s*(?:$Compare)/ &&
                      $stat !~ /(?:$Compare)\s*\bsscanf\s*$balanced_parens/)) {