diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 21a9f5de0a2120c26b5f3bd0e70529078766a247..f18750e3bd6c290b285464b193d7d65972b6de19 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1890,8 +1890,10 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 		if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
-		    $rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*(\/\*|\*\/)@ &&
-		    $rawline =~ m@^\+[ \t]*.+\*\/[ \t]*$@) {
+		    $rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&	#trailing */
+		    $rawline !~ m@^\+.*/\*.*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&	#inline /*...*/
+		    $rawline !~ m@^\+.*\*{2,}/[ \t]*$@ &&	#trailing **/
+		    $rawline =~ m@^\+[ \t]*.+\*\/[ \t]*$@) {	#non blank */
 			WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
 			     "networking block comments put the trailing */ on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);
 		}