1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 96a762be5748..022ee557b681 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1435,11 +1435,11 @@ sub process {
                         ERROR("\"(foo $1 )\" should be \"(foo $1)\"\n" .
                                 $herecurr);
 
-                } elsif ($line =~ m{$NonptrType(\*+)(?:\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))?\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
+                } elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType(\*+)(?:\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))?\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
                         ERROR("\"foo$1 bar\" should be \"foo $1bar\"\n" .
                                 $herecurr);
 
-                } elsif ($line =~ m{$NonptrType\s+(\*+)(?!\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
+                } elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType\s+(\*+)(?!\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
                         ERROR("\"foo $1 bar\" should be \"foo $1bar\"\n" .
                                 $herecurr);
                 }