diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bc7d4780ec..6ecabfb2b5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ sub process {
 
 		# Block comments use /* on a line of its own
 		my $commentline = $rawline;
-		while ($commentline =~ s@^(\+.*)/\*.*\*/@$1@o) { # remove inline #inline /*...*/
+		while ($commentline =~ s@^(\+.*)/\*.*\*/@$1@o) { # remove inline /*...*/
 		}
 		if ($commentline =~ m@^\+.*/\*\*?+[ \t]*[^ \t]@) { # /* or /** non-blank
 			WARN("Block comments use a leading /* on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);