1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d80b55a6f89b..67b0c9faa32d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ sub process {
                                         $c = 'C' if ($elements[$n + 2] =~ /^$;/);
                                         $c = 'B' if ($elements[$n + 2] =~ /^(\)|\]|;)/);
                                         $c = 'O' if ($elements[$n + 2] eq '');
-                                        $c = 'E' if ($elements[$n + 2] =~ /\s*\\$/);
+                                        $c = 'E' if ($elements[$n + 2] =~ /^\s*\\$/);
                                 } else {
                                         $c = 'E';
                                 }