1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b3a1bc70d9ee..dd2c262aebbf 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ sub list_types {
         close($script);
 
         my @types = ();
-        for ($text =~ /\b(?:(?:CHK|WARN|ERROR)\s*\(\s*"([^"]+)")/g) {
+        # Also catch when type or level is passed through a variable
+        for ($text =~ /(?:(?:\bCHK|\bWARN|\bERROR|&\{\$msg_level})\s*\(|\$msg_type\s*=)\s*"([^"]+)"/g) {
                 push (@types, $_);
         }
         @types = sort(uniq(@types));