diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index ed591e9..b52d340 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1426,6 +1426,8 @@
 	# strip comments:
 	$members =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
 	$nested =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
+	# strip kmemcheck_bitfield_{begin,end}.*;
+	$members =~ s/kmemcheck_bitfield_.*?;//gos;
 
 	create_parameterlist($members, ';', $file);
 	check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "struct", $sectcheck, $struct_actual, $nested);
@@ -1468,8 +1470,6 @@
 	    }
 
 	}
-	# strip kmemcheck_bitfield_{begin,end}.*;
-	$members =~ s/kmemcheck_bitfield_.*?;//gos;
 
 	output_declaration($declaration_name,
 			   'enum',