1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/checksrc.pl b/lib/checksrc.pl
index 99bbc74d0..019406b37 100755
--- a/lib/checksrc.pl
+++ b/lib/checksrc.pl
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ sub scanfile {
             checkwarn($line, length($1), $file, $l, "Contains TAB character", 1);
         }
         # detect trailing white space
-        if($l =~ /^(\S+)[ \t]+\z/) {
+        if($l =~ /^(.*)[ \t]+\z/) {
             checkwarn($line, length($1), $file, $l, "Trailing whitespace");
         }