diff --git a/scripts/checkstack.pl b/scripts/checkstack.pl
index 14ee68e991dd..1afff6658a7d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkstack.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkstack.pl
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #
 #	TODO :	Port to all architectures (one regex per arch)
 
+use strict;
+
 # check for arch
 #
 # $re is used for two matches:
@@ -104,19 +106,11 @@ my (@stack, $re, $dre, $x, $xs);
 	}
 }
 
-sub bysize($) {
-	my ($asize, $bsize);
-	($asize = $a) =~ s/.*:	*(.*)$/$1/;
-	($bsize = $b) =~ s/.*:	*(.*)$/$1/;
-	$bsize <=> $asize
-}
-
 #
 # main()
 #
 my $funcre = qr/^$x* <(.*)>:$/;
-my $func;
-my $file, $lastslash;
+my ($func, $file, $lastslash);
 
 while (my $line = <STDIN>) {
 	if ($line =~ m/$funcre/) {
@@ -173,4 +167,6 @@ while (my $line = <STDIN>) {
 	}
 }
 
-print sort bysize @stack;
+# Sort output by size (last field)
+print sort { ($b =~ /:\t*(\d+)$/)[0] <=> ($a =~ /:\t*(\d+)$/)[0] } @stack;
+