diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 42103a0cdbc0..c03e4278b07c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file {
 		if ($line =~ /^[ \t]*(?:#[ \t]*define|typedef\s+$Type)\s+(\w*(?:[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z])\w*)/) {
 			$camelcase{$1} = 1;
 		}
-	        elsif ($line =~ /^\s*$Declare\s+(\w*(?:[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z])\w*)\s*\(/) {
+	        elsif ($line =~ /^\s*$Declare\s+(\w*(?:[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z])\w*)\s*[\(\[,;]/) {
 			$camelcase{$1} = 1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1612,6 +1612,8 @@ sub process {
 	my @setup_docs = ();
 	my $setup_docs = 0;
 
+	my $camelcase_file_seeded = 0;
+
 	sanitise_line_reset();
 	my $line;
 	foreach my $rawline (@rawlines) {
@@ -3394,7 +3396,13 @@ sub process {
 				while ($var =~ m{($Ident)}g) {
 					my $word = $1;
 					next if ($word !~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/);
-					seed_camelcase_includes() if ($check);
+					if ($check) {
+						seed_camelcase_includes();
+						if (!$file && !$camelcase_file_seeded) {
+							seed_camelcase_file($realfile);
+							$camelcase_file_seeded = 1;
+						}
+					}
 					if (!defined $camelcase{$word}) {
 						$camelcase{$word} = 1;
 						CHK("CAMELCASE",