diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 9b6ddeb097e93c6d619da820c8a80a396868bf8c..6325bec3f66f855a4f35bc7577ad25502431ee95 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ sub dump_enum($$) {
     }
 }
 
-my $typedef_type = qr { ((?:\s+[\w\*]+){1,8})\s* }x;
+my $typedef_type = qr { ((?:\s+[\w\*]+\b){1,8})\s* }x;
 my $typedef_ident = qr { \*?\s*(\w\S+)\s* }x;
 my $typedef_args = qr { \s*\((.*)\); }x;