diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 25fdb7fda1128aa99d2d32ee3a125fc4c00292cf..d56c98146da3e5db824d60381aab93d07bc04fa2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ our $Attribute	= qr{
 			__ro_after_init|
 			__kprobes|
 			$InitAttribute|
+			__aligned\s*\(.*\)|
 			____cacheline_aligned|
 			____cacheline_aligned_in_smp|
 			____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp|