diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f04fe88..954f491 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5132,7 +5132,7 @@
 # Check for misused memsets
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
 		    defined $stat &&
-		    $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*$FuncArg\s*\)/s) {
+		    $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*$FuncArg\s*\)/) {
 
 			my $ms_addr = $2;
 			my $ms_val = $7;