diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index d225e178aa1bb3b7326a57d636ebdefd5c6c3a6a..ad6d4e495f3f3aff6b6e827e9a2282f2889ad5d5 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -2190,7 +2190,9 @@ sub dump_typedef($$) {
     $x =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
 
     # Parse function prototypes
-    if ($x =~ /typedef\s+(\w+)\s*\(\*\s*(\w\S+)\s*\)\s*\((.*)\);/) {
+    if ($x =~ /typedef\s+(\w+)\s*\(\*\s*(\w\S+)\s*\)\s*\((.*)\);/ ||
+	$x =~ /typedef\s+(\w+)\s*(\w\S+)\s*\s*\((.*)\);/) {
+
 	# Function typedefs
 	$return_type = $1;
 	$declaration_name = $2;