diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index f66070176ba3..4ee843d3600e 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ my $doc_inline_sect = '\s*\*\s*(@\s*[\w][\w\.]*\s*):(.*)';
 my $doc_inline_end = '^\s*\*/\s*$';
 my $doc_inline_oneline = '^\s*/\*\*\s*(@[\w\s]+):\s*(.*)\s*\*/\s*$';
 my $export_symbol = '^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*;';
-my $export_symbol_ns = '^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*\w+\)\s*;';
+my $export_symbol_ns = '^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*"\S+"\)\s*;';
 my $function_pointer = qr{([^\(]*\(\*)\s*\)\s*\(([^\)]*)\)};
 my $attribute = qr{__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z0-9,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)}i;