1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c71a0fae84df..5ffc940399be 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1240,7 +1240,8 @@ sub process {
                         $realfile =~ s@^([^/]*)/@@;
 
                         $p1_prefix = $1;
-                        if ($tree && $p1_prefix ne '' && -e "$root/$p1_prefix") {
+                        if (!$file && $tree && $p1_prefix ne '' &&
+                            -e "$root/$p1_prefix") {
                                 WARN("patch prefix '$p1_prefix' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch\n");
                         }