diff --git a/tools/check-format.py b/tools/check-format.py
index e7a7c0cf4..ec20ede41 100755
--- a/tools/check-format.py
+++ b/tools/check-format.py
@@ -266,10 +266,12 @@ def common_string_finder(c, path):
             continue
         if "extern \"C\"" in line:
             continue
+        if "__asm__" in line:
+            continue
         if "//" in line:
             continue
 
-        matches = re.findall(r'"(.+?)"', line)
+        matches = re.findall(r'"(.*?)"', line)
 
         for match in matches:
             if len(match) < 2: