diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 544fc4ea0e4..fd82a880c1f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ our $Attribute	= qr{
 			__always_unused|
 			__noreturn|
 			__used|
+			__unused|
 			__cold|
 			__pure|
 			__noclone|