diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 775f2b146aa11a7326c431ea2fd6d6bcb8250ca2..6d07b6778c9102e0c01503d19af2299f5fbe6d1b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ sub annotate_values {
 				$av_preprocessor = 0;
 			}
 
-		} elsif ($cur =~ /^($Type)\s*(?:$Ident|,|\))/) {
+		} elsif ($cur =~ /^($Type)\s*(?:$Ident|,|\)|\()/) {
 			print "DECLARE($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
 			$type = 'T';