# check for seq_printf uses that could be seq_puts
if ($sline =~ /\bseq_printf\s*\(.*"\s*\)\s*;\s*$/) {
my $fmt = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline);
- if ($fmt ne "" && $fmt !~ /[^\\]\%/) {
+ $fmt =~ s/%%//g;
+ if ($fmt !~ /%/) {
if (WARN("PREFER_SEQ_PUTS",
"Prefer seq_puts to seq_printf\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {