diff --git a/scripts/checkstack.pl b/scripts/checkstack.pl
index 8e04659ef463..14ce31f732ee 100755
--- a/scripts/checkstack.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkstack.pl
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ my (@stack, $re, $dre, $sub, $x, $xs, $funcre, $min_stack);
 	if ($arch =~ '^(aarch|arm)64$') {
 		#ffffffc0006325cc:       a9bb7bfd        stp     x29, x30, [sp, #-80]!
 		#a110:       d11643ff        sub     sp, sp, #0x590
-		$re = qr/^.*stp.*sp, \#-([0-9]{1,8})\]\!/o;
+		$re = qr/^.*stp.*sp, ?\#-([0-9]{1,8})\]\!/o;
 		$dre = qr/^.*sub.*sp, sp, #(0x$x{1,8})/o;
 	} elsif ($arch eq 'arm') {
 		#c0008ffc:	e24dd064	sub	sp, sp, #100	; 0x64