1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9208ec64af9d..c79abb41793d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ our $Attribute	= qr{
                         __(?:mem|cpu|dev|)(?:initdata|init)|
                         ____cacheline_aligned|
                         ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp|
-                        ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp
+                        ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp|
+                        __weak
                   }x;
 our $Modifier;
 our $Inline     = qr{inline|__always_inline|noinline};