1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 482768cd5790..0e5af8ed107e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ sub process {
                         $realfile = $1;
                         $realfile =~ s@^[^/]*/@@;
 
-                        if ($realfile =~ m@include/asm/@) {
+                        if ($realfile =~ m@^include/asm/@) {
                                 ERROR("do not modify files in include/asm, change architecture specific files in include/asm-<architecture>\n" . "$here$rawline\n");
                         }
                         next;