diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index aacbe918027b0bbe1b3f924856a66c050efea898..8dce8a8d9ed0ee84f6a7382c5aa230bead841ec8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6109,7 +6109,7 @@ sub process {
 				next if ($fline =~ /^.[\s$;]*$/);
 				$has_statement = 1;
 				$count++;
-				$has_break = 1 if ($fline =~ /\bswitch\b|\b(?:break\s*;[\s$;]*$|return\b|goto\b|continue\b)/);
+				$has_break = 1 if ($fline =~ /\bswitch\b|\b(?:break\s*;[\s$;]*$|exit\s*\(\b|return\b|goto\b|continue\b)/);
 			}
 			if (!$has_break && $has_statement) {
 				WARN("MISSING_BREAK",