diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 31a34ced55a3..8f0f508a78e9 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
     my $x = shift;
     my $file = shift;
 
-    if ($x =~ /(struct|union)\s+(\w+)\s*{(.*)}/) {
+    if ($x =~ /(struct|union)\s+(\w+)\s*\{(.*)\}/) {
 	my $decl_type = $1;
 	$declaration_name = $2;
 	my $members = $3;
@@ -1148,20 +1148,20 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		$members =~ s/(struct|union)([^\{\};]+)\{([^\{\}]*)}([^\{\}\;]*)\;/$newmember/;
+		$members =~ s/(struct|union)([^\{\};]+)\{([^\{\}]*)\}([^\{\}\;]*)\;/$newmember/;
 	}
 
 	# Ignore other nested elements, like enums
-	$members =~ s/(\{[^\{\}]*})//g;
+	$members =~ s/(\{[^\{\}]*\})//g;
 
 	create_parameterlist($members, ';', $file, $declaration_name);
 	check_sections($file, $declaration_name, $decl_type, $sectcheck, $struct_actual);
 
 	# Adjust declaration for better display
-	$declaration =~ s/([{;])/$1\n/g;
-	$declaration =~ s/}\s+;/};/g;
+	$declaration =~ s/([\{;])/$1\n/g;
+	$declaration =~ s/\}\s+;/};/g;
 	# Better handle inlined enums
-	do {} while ($declaration =~ s/(enum\s+{[^}]+),([^\n])/$1,\n$2/);
+	do {} while ($declaration =~ s/(enum\s+\{[^\}]+),([^\n])/$1,\n$2/);
 
 	my @def_args = split /\n/, $declaration;
 	my $level = 1;
@@ -1171,12 +1171,12 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
 		$clause =~ s/\s+$//;
 		$clause =~ s/\s+/ /;
 		next if (!$clause);
-		$level-- if ($clause =~ m/(})/ && $level > 1);
+		$level-- if ($clause =~ m/(\})/ && $level > 1);
 		if (!($clause =~ m/^\s*#/)) {
 			$declaration .= "\t" x $level;
 		}
 		$declaration .= "\t" . $clause . "\n";
-		$level++ if ($clause =~ m/(\{)/ && !($clause =~m/}/));
+		$level++ if ($clause =~ m/(\{)/ && !($clause =~m/\}/));
 	}
 	output_declaration($declaration_name,
 			   'struct',
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ sub dump_enum($$) {
     # strip #define macros inside enums
     $x =~ s@#\s*((define|ifdef)\s+|endif)[^;]*;@@gos;
 
-    if ($x =~ /enum\s+(\w+)\s*{(.*)}/) {
+    if ($x =~ /enum\s+(\w+)\s*\{(.*)\}/) {
 	$declaration_name = $1;
 	my $members = $2;
 	my %_members;
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ sub process_proto_type($$) {
     }
 
     while (1) {
-	if ( $x =~ /([^{};]*)([{};])(.*)/ ) {
+	if ( $x =~ /([^\{\};]*)([\{\};])(.*)/ ) {
             if( length $prototype ) {
                 $prototype .= " "
             }