diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 66f060ecb81fab6e8ce5240954a1f5224f7d7ca3..83ae37b3862121ad68980138fe71df96180d85cf 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1670,6 +1670,7 @@ sub process {
 			my $value = $2;
 
 			# Flatten any parentheses and braces
+			$value =~ s/\)\(/\) \(/g;
 			while ($value =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/) {
 			}