diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 308e4015bd8e..0ee37bfdfd68 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3474,13 +3474,12 @@ sub process {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (keys %ignore_type) {
+	if ($quiet == 0 && keys %ignore_type) {
 	    print "NOTE: Ignored message types:";
 	    foreach my $ignore (sort keys %ignore_type) {
 		print " $ignore";
 	    }
-	    print "\n";
-	    print "\n" if ($quiet == 0);
+	    print "\n\n";
 	}
 
 	if ($clean == 1 && $quiet == 0) {