diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3cf05505e833ed..bc2417711b6a35 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ sub build_types {
 
 our $declaration_macros = qr{(?x:
 	(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]*_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-9]+){1,6}\s*\(|
-	(?:$Storage\s+)?LIST_HEAD\s*\(|
+	(?:$Storage\s+)?[HLP]?LIST_HEAD\s*\(|
 	(?:$Storage\s+)?${Type}\s+uninitialized_var\s*\(
 )};