diff --git a/scripts/hdrcheck.sh b/scripts/hdrcheck.sh
index b3bb683b56b6..cbf650dbc7d7 100755
--- a/scripts/hdrcheck.sh
+++ b/scripts/hdrcheck.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-for FILE in `grep '^#include <' $2 | cut -f2 -d\< | cut -f1 -d\> | egrep ^linux\|^asm` ; do
+for FILE in `grep '^[ \t]*#[ \t]*include[ \t]*<' $2 | cut -f2 -d\< | cut -f1 -d\> | egrep ^linux\|^asm` ; do
     if [ ! -r $1/$FILE ]; then
 	echo $2 requires $FILE, which does not exist
 	exit 1