diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 25476c29bb18e9db18defbc3a4e8ed3825952357..c7bf1aa2eeb3cb046b75100d68b23947562b409c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5133,7 +5133,8 @@ sub process {
 		}x;
 		my $all_barriers = qr{
 			(?:$barriers)|
-			smp_(?:$barrier_stems)
+			smp_(?:$barrier_stems)|
+			virt_(?:$barrier_stems)
 		}x;
 
 		if ($line =~ /\b(?:$all_barriers)\s*\(/) {