1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 906624c0e9e6..a521d493b0c8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ sub process {
                                 $herecurr);
                 }
 # check for static initialisers.
-                if ($line =~ /\s*static\s.*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
+                if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s.*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
                         ERROR("do not initialise statics to 0 or NULL\n" .
                                 $herecurr);
                 }