diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-010-asm-syntax b/util/lint/lint-stable-010-asm-syntax
index 909eb0e840..a102a774bc 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-010-asm-syntax
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-010-asm-syntax
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 # DESCR: Check that we use a single assembler syntax
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
-git grep -n "\.\(att\|intel\)_syntax\>"
+git grep -n "\.\(att\|intel\)_syntax\>" | grep -v '\.patch:'