diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e3c6b4922fff..57df90699219 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2288,7 +2288,8 @@ sub process {
 				DECLARE_PER_CPU|
 				DEFINE_PER_CPU|
 				__typeof__\(|
-				\.$Ident\s*=\s*
+				\.$Ident\s*=\s*|
+				^\"|\"$
 			}x;
 			#print "REST<$rest> dstat<$dstat>\n";
 			if ($rest ne '') {