1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 893cbd517f89..518cc2e58439 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4104,7 +4104,9 @@ sub process {
 #Ignore Page<foo> variants
                             $var !~ /^(?:Clear|Set|TestClear|TestSet|)Page[A-Z]/ &&
 #Ignore SI style variants like nS, mV and dB (ie: max_uV, regulator_min_uA_show)
-                            $var !~ /^(?:[a-z_]*?)_?[a-z][A-Z](?:_[a-z_]+)?$/) {
+                            $var !~ /^(?:[a-z_]*?)_?[a-z][A-Z](?:_[a-z_]+)?$/ &&
+#Ignore some three character SI units explicitly, like MiB and KHz
+                            $var !~ /^(?:[a-z_]*?)_?(?:[KMGT]iB|[KMGT]?Hz)(?:_[a-z_]+)?$/) {
                                 while ($var =~ m{($Ident)}g) {
                                         my $word = $1;
                                         next if ($word !~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/);