diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 725c59611e979a745dcf50068cacd80adc38be22..8cb9bfc7c14ff318416528c89158aa238bf3c3b8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ our $Inline	= qr{inline|__always_inline|noinline};
 our $Member	= qr{->$Ident|\.$Ident|\[[^]]*\]};
 our $Lval	= qr{$Ident(?:$Member)*};
 
-our $Constant	= qr{(?i:(?:[0-9]+|0x[0-9a-f]+)[ul]*)};
+our $Constant	= qr{(?i:(?:0x[0-9a-f]+|[0-9]+)[ul]*)};
 our $Assignment	= qr{(?:\*\=|/=|%=|\+=|-=|<<=|>>=|&=|\^=|\|=|=)};
 our $Compare    = qr{<=|>=|==|!=|<|>};
 our $Operators	= qr{