diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 724528f4b7d63b25c09d971b86924be08af6bcd0..adc05406c68eb518812bb20b05ac42be9f7a90ba 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1265,14 +1265,22 @@ sub show_warnings($$) {
 sub dump_enum($$) {
     my $x = shift;
     my $file = shift;
+    my $members;
+
 
     $x =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
     # strip #define macros inside enums
     $x =~ s@#\s*((define|ifdef)\s+|endif)[^;]*;@@gos;
 
-    if ($x =~ /enum\s+(\w*)\s*\{(.*)\}/) {
+    if ($x =~ /typedef\s+enum\s*\{(.*)\}\s*(\w*)\s*;/) {
+	$declaration_name = $2;
+	$members = $1;
+    } elsif ($x =~ /enum\s+(\w*)\s*\{(.*)\}/) {
 	$declaration_name = $1;
-	my $members = $2;
+	$members = $2;
+    }
+
+    if ($declaration_name) {
 	my %_members;
 
 	$members =~ s/\s+$//;
@@ -1307,8 +1315,7 @@ sub dump_enum($$) {
 			    'sections' => \%sections,
 			    'purpose' => $declaration_purpose
 			   });
-    }
-    else {
+    } else {
 	print STDERR "${file}:$.: error: Cannot parse enum!\n";
 	++$errors;
     }