diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 0c31e9ad66..478037f736 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -655,10 +655,10 @@ sub output_function_man(%) {
 	$type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
 	if ($type =~ m/([^\(]*\(\*)\s*\)\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
 	    # pointer-to-function
-	    print ".BI \"" . $parenth . $1 . "\" " . $parameter . " \") (" . $2 . ")" . $post . "\"\n";
+	    print ".BI \"" . $parenth . $1 . "\" " . " \") (" . $2 . ")" . $post . "\"\n";
 	} else {
 	    $type =~ s/([^\*])$/$1 /;
-	    print ".BI \"" . $parenth . $type . "\" " . $parameter . " \"" . $post . "\"\n";
+	    print ".BI \"" . $parenth . $type . "\" " . " \"" . $post . "\"\n";
 	}
 	$count++;
 	$parenth = "";
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ sub output_function_rst(%) {
 	    # pointer-to-function
 	    print $1 . $parameter . ") (" . $2 . ")";
 	} else {
-	    print $type . " " . $parameter;
+	    print $type;
 	}
     }
     if ($args{'typedef'}) {
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ sub output_function_rst(%) {
 	$type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
 
 	if ($type ne "") {
-	    print "``$type $parameter``\n";
+	    print "``$type``\n";
 	} else {
 	    print "``$parameter``\n";
 	}
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ sub create_parameterlist($$$$) {
 	    # Treat preprocessor directive as a typeless variable just to fill
 	    # corresponding data structures "correctly". Catch it later in
 	    # output_* subs.
-	    push_parameter($arg, "", $file);
+	    push_parameter($arg, "", "", $file);
 	} elsif ($arg =~ m/\(.+\)\s*\(/) {
 	    # pointer-to-function
 	    $arg =~ tr/#/,/;
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ sub create_parameterlist($$$$) {
 	    $type = $arg;
 	    $type =~ s/([^\(]+\(\*?)\s*$param/$1/;
 	    save_struct_actual($param);
-	    push_parameter($param, $type, $file, $declaration_name);
+	    push_parameter($param, $type, $arg, $file, $declaration_name);
 	} elsif ($arg) {
 	    $arg =~ s/\s*:\s*/:/g;
 	    $arg =~ s/\s*\[/\[/g;
@@ -1513,26 +1513,28 @@ sub create_parameterlist($$$$) {
 	    foreach $param (@args) {
 		if ($param =~ m/^(\*+)\s*(.*)/) {
 		    save_struct_actual($2);
-		    push_parameter($2, "$type $1", $file, $declaration_name);
+
+		    push_parameter($2, "$type $1", $arg, $file, $declaration_name);
 		}
 		elsif ($param =~ m/(.*?):(\d+)/) {
 		    if ($type ne "") { # skip unnamed bit-fields
 			save_struct_actual($1);
-			push_parameter($1, "$type:$2", $file, $declaration_name)
+			push_parameter($1, "$type:$2", $arg, $file, $declaration_name)
 		    }
 		}
 		else {
 		    save_struct_actual($param);
-		    push_parameter($param, $type, $file, $declaration_name);
+		    push_parameter($param, $type, $arg, $file, $declaration_name);
 		}
 	    }
 	}
     }
 }
 
-sub push_parameter($$$$) {
+sub push_parameter($$$$$) {
 	my $param = shift;
 	my $type = shift;
+	my $org_arg = shift;
 	my $file = shift;
 	my $declaration_name = shift;
 
@@ -1596,8 +1598,8 @@ sub push_parameter($$$$) {
 	# "[blah" in a parameter string;
 	###$param =~ s/\s*//g;
 	push @parameterlist, $param;
-	$type =~ s/\s\s+/ /g;
-	$parametertypes{$param} = $type;
+	$org_arg =~ s/\s\s+/ /g;
+	$parametertypes{$param} = $org_arg;
 }
 
 sub check_sections($$$$$) {