diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index f37ba716ef8b..22295244de18 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -638,6 +638,13 @@ struct sysinfo {
 	char _f[20-2*sizeof(long)-sizeof(int)];	/* Padding: libc5 uses this.. */
 };
 
+#ifdef __CHECKER__
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(n)
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e)
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(e)
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition)
+#else /* __CHECKER__ */
+
 /* Force a compilation error if a constant expression is not a power of 2 */
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(n)			\
 	BUILD_BUG_ON((n) == 0 || (((n) & ((n) - 1)) != 0))
@@ -674,6 +681,7 @@ extern int __build_bug_on_failed;
 		if (condition) __build_bug_on_failed = 1;	\
 	} while(0)
 #endif
+#endif	/* __CHECKER__ */
 
 /* Trap pasters of __FUNCTION__ at compile-time */
 #define __FUNCTION__ (__func__)