diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9ff219e0a9d5..18effbe1fe90 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -576,10 +576,14 @@ our $typeKernelTypedefs = qr{(?x:
 	(?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
 	atomic_t
 )};
+our $typeStdioTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+	FILE
+)};
 our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
 	$typeC99Typedefs\b|
 	$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b|
-	$typeKernelTypedefs\b
+	$typeKernelTypedefs\b|
+	$typeStdioTypedefs\b
 )};
 
 our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};