diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7b40a3f..747bcd7 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3253,9 +3253,9 @@
 		}
 
 # prefer usleep_range over udelay
-		if ($line =~ /\budelay\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)/) {
+		if ($line =~ /\budelay\s*\(\s*(\d+)\s*\)/) {
 			# ignore udelay's < 10, however
-			if (! (($1 =~ /(\d+)/) && ($1 < 10)) ) {
+			if (! ($1 < 10) ) {
 				CHK("USLEEP_RANGE",
 				    "usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt\n" . $line);
 			}