1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9846ddeafdf0..0c520f7bf095 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ sub process {
                                 "please, no space before tabs\n" . $herevet) &&
                             $fix) {
                                 while ($fixed[$fixlinenr] =~
-                                           s/(^\+.*) {8,8}+\t/$1\t\t/) {}
+                                           s/(^\+.*) {8,8}\t/$1\t\t/) {}
                                 while ($fixed[$fixlinenr] =~
                                            s/(^\+.*) +\t/$1\t/) {}
                         }