diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 705a0439b39d4ac08adc710ae471192f82471fdb..d80b55a6f89b08ca657984c69001baa12763a076 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/) {