diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 94250d1a3a471ad5721c84dab4bd1b67370a02df..b2b0648ee14a48f43a0172767c14f8340b6ff3e0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ sub annotate_values {
 			$av_pending = 'N';
 			$type = 'N';
 
-		} elsif ($cur =~/^(return|case|else)/o) {
+		} elsif ($cur =~/^(return|case|else|goto)/o) {
 			print "KEYWORD($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
 			$type = 'N';