diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7a28775274a5243567f880ebf36b9d96bcb37db9..77915e095022bb805c6e9428da93d4b37f83eff3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5732,8 +5732,9 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# check for #defines like: 1 << <digit> that could be BIT(digit)
-		if ($line =~ /#\s*define\s+\w+\s+\(?\s*1\s*([ulUL]*)\s*\<\<\s*(?:\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/) {
+# check for #defines like: 1 << <digit> that could be BIT(digit), it is not exported to uapi
+		if ($realfile !~ m@^include/uapi/@ &&
+		    $line =~ /#\s*define\s+\w+\s+\(?\s*1\s*([ulUL]*)\s*\<\<\s*(?:\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/) {
 			my $ull = "";
 			$ull = "_ULL" if (defined($1) && $1 =~ /ll/i);
 			if (CHK("BIT_MACRO",