(?:[a-z0-9]+_){1,2}(?:printk|emerg|alert|crit|err|warning|warn|notice|info|debug|dbg|vdbg|devel|cont|WARN)(?:_ratelimited|_once|)|
        WARN(?:_RATELIMIT|_ONCE|)|
        panic|
-       MODULE_[A-Z_]+
+       MODULE_[A-Z_]+|
+       seq_vprintf|seq_printf|seq_puts
 )};
 
 our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
                }
 
 # check for seq_printf uses that could be seq_puts
-               if ($line =~ /\bseq_printf\s*\(/) {
+               if ($sline =~ /\bseq_printf\s*\(.*"\s*\)\s*;\s*$/) {
                        my $fmt = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline);
-                       if ($fmt !~ /[^\\]\%/) {
+                       if ($fmt ne "" && $fmt !~ /[^\\]\%/) {
                                if (WARN("PREFER_SEQ_PUTS",
                                         "Prefer seq_puts to seq_printf\n" . $herecurr) &&
                                    $fix) {