diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c647caab913cd..c10befa118a52 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -355,15 +355,15 @@ sub hash_show_words {
 
 our @typeList = (
 	qr{void},
-	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?char},
-	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?short\s+int},
-	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?short},
-	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?int},
-	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?long},
-	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?long\s+int},
-	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?long\s+long},
-	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?long\s+long\s+int},
-	qr{unsigned},
+	qr{(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?char},
+	qr{(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?short\s+int},
+	qr{(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?short},
+	qr{(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?int},
+	qr{(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+int},
+	qr{(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+long\s+int},
+	qr{(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+long},
+	qr{(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long},
+	qr{(?:un)?signed},
 	qr{float},
 	qr{double},
 	qr{bool},