diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7f1804e052f2b4ba1f05fec697a14576d544187b..a9baaabfae36191063343f18329dbb2b4f0cf2e4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($line =~ /^\+.*(\w+\s*)?\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|[,;\({\[\<\>])/ &&
+		if ($line =~ /^\+.*(\w+\s*)?\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|[,;:\?\(\{\}\[\<\>]|&&|\|\||\\$)/ &&
 		    (!defined($1) || $1 !~ /sizeof\s*/)) {
 			if (CHK("SPACING",
 				"No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $herecurr) &&