diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a0880ede3db9..9f14bf928cc7 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic)/) {
+		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|{)/) {
 			if (CHK("SPACING",
 				"No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {