diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8d010ac0efe1..3cec2990d51e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -845,6 +845,11 @@ sub annotate_values {
 				$av_preprocessor = 0;
 			}
 
+		} elsif ($cur =~ /^(\(\s*$Type\s*)\)/) {
+			print "CAST($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
+			push(@av_paren_type, $type);
+			$type = 'C';
+
 		} elsif ($cur =~ /^($Type)\s*(?:$Ident|,|\)|\(|\s*$)/) {
 			print "DECLARE($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
 			$type = 'T';