diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/drivers/staging/greybus/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d574d13ba963..9930b73211b3 100755
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ my $V = '0.32';
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
 
 my $quiet = 0;
-my $tree = 1;
+my $tree = 0;
 my $chk_signoff = 1;
 my $chk_patch = 1;
 my $tst_only;