diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 83cee18a02e9..88e3934a8b8c 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1556,7 +1556,9 @@ sub create_parameterlist($$$) {
 		    push_parameter($2, "$type $1", $file);
 		}
 		elsif ($param =~ m/(.*?):(\d+)/) {
-		    push_parameter($1, "$type:$2", $file)
+		    if ($type ne "") { # skip unnamed bit-fields
+			push_parameter($1, "$type:$2", $file)
+		    }
 		}
 		else {
 		    push_parameter($param, $type, $file);