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-rw-r--r--tools/patman/patchstream.py3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/patman/patchstream.py b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
index 27d031ef59..2c4efc57f1 100644
--- a/tools/patman/patchstream.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ class PatchStream:
# Handle state transition and skipping blank lines
series_tag_match = re_series_tag.match(line)
commit_tag_match = re_commit_tag.match(line)
+ cover_match = re_cover.match(line)
cover_cc_match = re_cover_cc.match(line)
signoff_match = re_signoff.match(line)
tag_match = None
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ class PatchStream:
self.skip_blank = False
# Detect the start of a cover letter section
- elif re_cover.match(line):
+ elif cover_match:
self.in_section = 'cover'
self.skip_blank = False