diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2b32816f5c2e581b165b388aa85b2ef0d294cde9..879ccf33b44107d6c99b3cf50cb1fb3eb65cbcea 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4615,7 +4615,7 @@ sub process {
 					    ($op eq '>' &&
 					     $ca =~ /<\S+\@\S+$/))
 					{
-					    	$ok = 1;
+						$ok = 1;
 					}
 
 					# for asm volatile statements
@@ -4950,7 +4950,7 @@ sub process {
 			# conditional.
 			substr($s, 0, length($c), '');
 			$s =~ s/\n.*//g;
-			$s =~ s/$;//g; 	# Remove any comments
+			$s =~ s/$;//g;	# Remove any comments
 			if (length($c) && $s !~ /^\s*{?\s*\\*\s*$/ &&
 			    $c !~ /}\s*while\s*/)
 			{
@@ -4989,7 +4989,7 @@ sub process {
 # if and else should not have general statements after it
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:}\s*)?else\b(.*)/) {
 			my $s = $1;
-			$s =~ s/$;//g; 	# Remove any comments
+			$s =~ s/$;//g;	# Remove any comments
 			if ($s !~ /^\s*(?:\sif|(?:{|)\s*\\?\s*$)/) {
 				ERROR("TRAILING_STATEMENTS",
 				      "trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr);
@@ -5165,7 +5165,7 @@ sub process {
 			{
 			}
 
-			# Flatten any obvious string concatentation.
+			# Flatten any obvious string concatenation.
 			while ($dstat =~ s/($String)\s*$Ident/$1/ ||
 			       $dstat =~ s/$Ident\s*($String)/$1/)
 			{