diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 102e1235fd5c..a68240c188f3 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
 		foreach $px (0 .. $#prms) {
 			$prm_clean = $prms[$px];
 			$prm_clean =~ s/\[.*\]//;
-			$prm_clean =~ s/__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)//;
+			$prm_clean =~ s/__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)//i;
 			# ignore array size in a parameter string;
 			# however, the original param string may contain
 			# spaces, e.g.:  addr[6 + 2]