diff --git a/src/main/config/forge_checks.xml b/src/main/config/forge_checks.xml
index 982f363981e..656a5ababcc 100644
--- a/src/main/config/forge_checks.xml
+++ b/src/main/config/forge_checks.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
     <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
     <module name="RegexpSingleline">
-        <property name="format" value="\s+$"/>
+        <property name="format" value="[^\*]\s+$"/>
         <property name="minimum" value="0"/>
         <property name="maximum" value="0"/>
         <property name="message" value="Line has trailing spaces."/>