1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 705a0439b39d..d80b55a6f89b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ sub process {
 # check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations
 # make sense.
                 if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ &&
-                    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
+                    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s*\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
                     $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+$Ident\s*\(/ &&
                     $line !~ /\b$typeTypedefs\b/ &&
                     $line !~ /\b__bitwise(?:__|)\b/) {