diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b4caee6e269c..161b0224d6ae 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ our $Attribute	= qr{
 			__noclone|
 			__deprecated|
 			__read_mostly|
+			__ro_after_init|
 			__kprobes|
 			$InitAttribute|
 			____cacheline_aligned|