diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 4fbaaa05e3..d6bdb77ceb 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1103,10 +1103,10 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
 	# strip comments:
 	$members =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
 	# strip attributes
-	$members =~ s/\s*__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z0-9,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)//gi;
-	$members =~ s/\s*__aligned\s*\([^;]*\)//gos;
-	$members =~ s/\s*__packed\s*//gos;
-	$members =~ s/\s*CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR//gos;
+	$members =~ s/\s*__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z0-9,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)/ /gi;
+	$members =~ s/\s*__aligned\s*\([^;]*\)/ /gos;
+	$members =~ s/\s*__packed\s*/ /gos;
+	$members =~ s/\s*CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR/ /gos;
 	# replace DECLARE_BITMAP
 	$members =~ s/DECLARE_BITMAP\s*\(([^,)]+),\s*([^,)]+)\)/unsigned long $1\[BITS_TO_LONGS($2)\]/gos;
 	# replace DECLARE_HASHTABLE