diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d64c67b67e3c7..eac40f0abd56a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ sub hash_show_words {
 		(?:kv|k|v)[czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)? |
 		kstrdup(?:_const)? |
 		kmemdup(?:_nul)?) |
-	(?:\w+)?alloc_skb(?:ip_align)? |
+	(?:\w+)?alloc_skb(?:_ip_align)? |
 				# dev_alloc_skb/netdev_alloc_skb, et al
 	dma_alloc_coherent
 )};