diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 77915e095022..1d5b09dd577a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3347,7 +3347,7 @@ sub process {
 		next if ($line =~ /^[^\+]/);
 
 # check for declarations of signed or unsigned without int
-		while ($line =~ m{($Declare)\s*(?!char\b|short\b|int\b|long\b)\s*($Ident)?\s*[=,;\[\)\(]}g) {
+		while ($line =~ m{\b($Declare)\s*(?!char\b|short\b|int\b|long\b)\s*($Ident)?\s*[=,;\[\)\(]}g) {
 			my $type = $1;
 			my $var = $2;
 			$var = "" if (!defined $var);