1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 55277a8e1527..9ba4fc44112a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ sub hash_save_array_words {
 sub hash_show_words {
         my ($hashRef, $prefix) = @_;
 
-        if ($quiet == 0 && keys $hashRef) {
+        if ($quiet == 0 && keys %$hashRef) {
                 print "NOTE: $prefix message types:";
-                foreach my $word (sort keys $hashRef) {
+                foreach my $word (sort keys %$hashRef) {
                         print " $word";
                 }
                 print "\n\n";