diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a2fc7d556126..bd44d12965c9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3751,7 +3751,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for embedded filenames
-		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\Q$realfile\E/) {
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b\Q$realfile\E\b/) {
 			WARN("EMBEDDED_FILENAME",
 			     "It's generally not useful to have the filename in the file\n" . $herecurr);
 		}