diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci
index d66c4e3cd946..cbf1614163cb 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ virtual report
 declarer name MODULE_IMPORT_NS;
 identifier virtual.ns;
 @@
-MODULE_IMPORT_NS("ns");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns);
 
 // Add missing imports, but only adjacent to a MODULE_LICENSE statement.
 // That ensures we are adding it only to the main module source file.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ expression license;
 identifier virtual.ns;
 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE(license);
-+ MODULE_IMPORT_NS("ns");
++ MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns);
 
 // Dummy rule for report mode that would otherwise be empty and make spatch
 // fail ("No rules apply.")
diff --git a/scripts/nsdeps b/scripts/nsdeps
index bab4ec870e50..a3372166ac01 100644
--- a/scripts/nsdeps
+++ b/scripts/nsdeps
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fi
 
 generate_deps_for_ns() {
 	$SPATCH --very-quiet --in-place --sp-file \
-		$srctree/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci -D nsdeps -D ns=$1 $2
+		$srctree/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci -D nsdeps -D ns=\"$1\" $2
 }
 
 generate_deps() {