diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 43b8312363a5..e991d7f961e9 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1771,6 +1771,11 @@ sub process_proto_function($$) {
 	$prototype =~ s@/\*.*?\*/@@gos;	# strip comments.
 	$prototype =~ s@[\r\n]+@ @gos; # strip newlines/cr's.
 	$prototype =~ s@^\s+@@gos; # strip leading spaces
+
+	 # Handle prototypes for function pointers like:
+	 # int (*pcs_config)(struct foo)
+	$prototype =~ s@^(\S+\s+)\(\s*\*(\S+)\)@$1$2@gos;
+
 	if ($prototype =~ /SYSCALL_DEFINE/) {
 		syscall_munge();
 	}