1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 8fd107a3fac4..2dea5f81baef 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -2046,6 +2046,9 @@ sub process_file($) {
 
     $section_counter = 0;
     while (<IN>) {
+        while (s/\\\s*$//) {
+            $_ .= <IN>;
+        }
         if ($state == 0) {
             if (/$doc_start/o) {
                 $state = 1;             # next line is always the function name