diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8cb9bfc7c14f..9de3a69260e1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ our $Inline	= qr{inline|__always_inline|noinline};
 our $Member	= qr{->$Ident|\.$Ident|\[[^]]*\]};
 our $Lval	= qr{$Ident(?:$Member)*};
 
-our $Constant	= qr{(?i:(?:0x[0-9a-f]+|[0-9]+)[ul]*)};
+our $Float_hex	= qr{(?i:0x[0-9a-f]+p-?[0-9]+[fl]?)};
+our $Float_dec	= qr{(?i:((?:[0-9]+\.[0-9]*|[0-9]*\.[0-9]+)(?:e-?[0-9]+)?[fl]?))};
+our $Float_int	= qr{(?i:[0-9]+e-?[0-9]+[fl]?)};
+our $Float	= qr{$Float_hex|$Float_dec|$Float_int};
+our $Constant	= qr{(?:$Float|(?i:(?:0x[0-9a-f]+|[0-9]+)[ul]*))};
 our $Assignment	= qr{(?:\*\=|/=|%=|\+=|-=|<<=|>>=|&=|\^=|\|=|=)};
 our $Compare    = qr{<=|>=|==|!=|<|>};
 our $Operators	= qr{