diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 7388e88a1f50..4f2e9049e8fa 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1848,6 +1848,10 @@ sub output_function_rst(%) {
 	}
 	$count++;
 	$type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
+
+	# RST doesn't like address_space tags at function prototypes
+	$type =~ s/__(user|kernel|iomem|percpu|pmem|rcu)\s*//;
+
 	if ($type =~ m/([^\(]*\(\*)\s*\)\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
 	    # pointer-to-function
 	    print $1 . $parameter . ") (" . $2;