1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9a3894dbf752..1530dbf1dab5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -145,11 +145,14 @@ our $Sparse	= qr{
                         __kprobes|
                         __ref
                 }x;
+
+# Notes to $Attribute:
+# We need \b after 'init' otherwise 'initconst' will cause a false positive in a check
 our $Attribute  = qr{
                         const|
                         __read_mostly|
                         __kprobes|
-                        __(?:mem|cpu|dev|)(?:initdata|init)|
+                        __(?:mem|cpu|dev|)(?:initdata|initconst|init\b)|
                         ____cacheline_aligned|
                         ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp|
                         ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp|