diff --git a/scripts/checkstack.pl b/scripts/checkstack.pl
index dd8397894d5c..694a075381b0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkstack.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkstack.pl
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ my (@stack, $re, $dre, $x, $xs, $funcre);
 	} elsif ($arch eq 'mips') {
 		#88003254:       27bdffe0        addiu   sp,sp,-32
 		$re = qr/.*addiu.*sp,sp,-(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2})/o;
+	} elsif ($arch eq 'nios2') {
+		#25a8:	defffb04 	addi	sp,sp,-20
+		$re = qr/.*addi.*sp,sp,-(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2})/o;
 	} elsif ($arch eq 'parisc' || $arch eq 'parisc64') {
 		$re = qr/.*ldo ($x{1,8})\(sp\),sp/o;
 	} elsif ($arch eq 'ppc') {