diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 15a59042512921bb6b9fc755b3a48bb3e55af3d6..b9e9ee1315b7bce82ccac88bc934249e0f198063 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1686,8 +1686,8 @@ sub process {
 			# Modifiers should have spaces.
 			$to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;
 
-			#print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
-			if ($from ne $to) {
+			#print "from<$from> to<$to> ident<$ident>\n";
+			if ($from ne $to && $ident !~ /^$Modifier$/) {
 				ERROR("\"foo${from}bar\" should be \"foo${to}bar\"\n" .  $herecurr);
 			}
 		}