diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9f12213d81cf9fc1cf0f716fbcfa9d0a07976518..e7c50977fe3d54d0cf4b1fd3515cba2a9b47acc9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4188,7 +4188,7 @@ sub process {
 # check for naked sscanf
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
 		    defined $stat &&
-		    $stat =~ /\bsscanf\b/ &&
+		    $line =~ /\bsscanf\b/ &&
 		    ($stat !~ /$Ident\s*=\s*sscanf\s*$balanced_parens/ &&
 		     $stat !~ /\bsscanf\s*$balanced_parens\s*(?:$Compare)/ &&
 		     $stat !~ /(?:$Compare)\s*\bsscanf\s*$balanced_parens/)) {