diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7c17e95bf36f..a305aa52b8b1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ sub process {
 			# is the start of a diff block and this line starts
 			# ' *' then it is very likely a comment.
 			if (!defined $edge &&
-			    $rawlines[$linenr] =~ m@^.\s* \*(?:\s|$)@)
+			    $rawlines[$linenr] =~ m@^.\s*(?:\*\*+| \*)(?:\s|$)@)
 			{
 				$in_comment = 1;
 			}