diff --git a/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl b/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl
index 3d5c3096aac8..2ad6e7fb6698 100755
--- a/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl
+++ b/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl
@@ -48,41 +48,26 @@ my $kernel_config_file = "";	# Kernel configuration file.
 my $opt_32bit = 0;		# Scan 32-bit kernel.
 my $page_offset_32bit = 0;	# Page offset for 32-bit kernel.
 
-# Do not parse these files (absolute path).
-my @skip_parse_files_abs = ('/proc/kmsg',
-			    '/proc/kcore',
-			    '/proc/fs/ext4/sdb1/mb_groups',
-			    '/proc/1/fd/3',
-			    '/sys/firmware/devicetree',
-			    '/proc/device-tree',
-			    '/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe',
-			    '/sys/kernel/security/apparmor/revision');
+# Skip these absolute paths.
+my @skip_abs = (
+	'/proc/kmsg',
+	'/proc/device-tree',
+	'/sys/firmware/devicetree',
+	'/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe',
+	'/sys/kernel/security/apparmor/revision');
 
-# Do not parse these files under any subdirectory.
-my @skip_parse_files_any = ('0',
-			    '1',
-			    '2',
-			    'pagemap',
-			    'events',
-			    'access',
-			    'registers',
-			    'snapshot_raw',
-			    'trace_pipe_raw',
-			    'ptmx',
-			    'trace_pipe');
-
-# Do not walk these directories (absolute path).
-my @skip_walk_dirs_abs = ();
-
-# Do not walk these directories under any subdirectory.
-my @skip_walk_dirs_any = ('self',
-			  'thread-self',
-			  'cwd',
-			  'fd',
-			  'usbmon',
-			  'stderr',
-			  'stdin',
-			  'stdout');
+# Skip these under any subdirectory.
+my @skip_any = (
+	'pagemap',
+	'events',
+	'access',
+	'registers',
+	'snapshot_raw',
+	'trace_pipe_raw',
+	'ptmx',
+	'trace_pipe',
+	'fd',
+	'usbmon');
 
 sub help
 {
@@ -417,26 +402,20 @@ sub parse_dmesg
 # True if we should skip this path.
 sub skip
 {
-	my ($path, $paths_abs, $paths_any) = @_;
+	my ($path) = @_;
 
-	foreach (@$paths_abs) {
+	foreach (@skip_abs) {
 		return 1 if (/^$path$/);
 	}
 
 	my($filename, $dirs, $suffix) = fileparse($path);
-	foreach (@$paths_any) {
+	foreach (@skip_any) {
 		return 1 if (/^$filename$/);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-sub skip_parse
-{
-	my ($path) = @_;
-	return skip($path, \@skip_parse_files_abs, \@skip_parse_files_any);
-}
-
 sub timed_parse_file
 {
 	my ($file) = @_;
@@ -466,12 +445,6 @@ sub parse_file
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (skip_parse($file)) {
-		dprint "skipping file: $file\n";
-		return;
-	}
-	dprint "parsing: $file\n";
-
 	open my $fh, "<", $file or return;
 	while ( <$fh> ) {
 		if (may_leak_address($_)) {
@@ -481,21 +454,12 @@ sub parse_file
 	close $fh;
 }
 
-
-# True if we should skip walking this directory.
-sub skip_walk
-{
-	my ($path) = @_;
-	return skip($path, \@skip_walk_dirs_abs, \@skip_walk_dirs_any)
-}
-
 # Recursively walk directory tree.
 sub walk
 {
 	my @dirs = @_;
 
 	while (my $pwd = shift @dirs) {
-		next if (skip_walk($pwd));
 		next if (!opendir(DIR, $pwd));
 		my @files = readdir(DIR);
 		closedir(DIR);
@@ -506,11 +470,15 @@ sub walk
 			my $path = "$pwd/$file";
 			next if (-l $path);
 
+			next if (skip($path));
+
 			if (-d $path) {
 				push @dirs, $path;
-			} else {
-				timed_parse_file($path);
+				next;
 			}
+
+			dprint "parsing: $path\n";
+			timed_parse_file($path);
 		}
 	}
 }