diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 940b639e5c54..a9896923254d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2986,20 +2986,20 @@ sub process {
 			$long = 1 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{41,}/i);
 			$space = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit [0-9a-f]/i);
 			$case = 0 if ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,40}[^A-F]/);
-			if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)"\)/i) {
+			if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("(.+)(?="\))/i) {
 				$orig_desc = $1;
 				$hasparens = 1;
 			} elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s*$/i &&
 				 defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
-				 $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("([^"]+)"\)/) {
+				 $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("(.+)(?="\))/) {
 				$orig_desc = $1;
 				$hasparens = 1;
-			} elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("[^"]+$/i &&
+			} elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\(".+(?!"\))$/i &&
 				 defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
-				 $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*[^"]+"\)/) {
-				$line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)$/i;
+				 $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*.+(?<="\))/) {
+				$line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("(.+)$/i;
 				$orig_desc = $1;
-				$rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*([^"]+)"\)/;
+				$rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*(.+)(?="\))/;
 				$orig_desc .= " " . $1;
 				$hasparens = 1;
 			}