diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index ce305ff53aab47087a0996d5cdb5c557284b4786..25314f37e79e8f4b320c1f1a44d0f658b862a8e4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ our $LvalOrFunc	= qr{((?:[\&\*]\s*)?$Lval)\s*($balanced_parens{0,1})\s*};
 our $FuncArg = qr{$Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc|$Constant|$String)};
 
 our $declaration_macros = qr{(?x:
-	(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]*_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-9]+){1,2}\s*\(|
+	(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]*_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-9]+){1,6}\s*\(|
 	(?:$Storage\s+)?LIST_HEAD\s*\(|
 	(?:$Storage\s+)?${Type}\s+uninitialized_var\s*\(
 )};