diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6eceda7a4bd9..bb88df2d001b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ our @typeList = (
 	qr{float},
 	qr{double},
 	qr{bool},
-	qr{(?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)},
+	qr{(?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:\d|\d\d)},
 	qr{struct\s+$Ident},
 	qr{union\s+$Ident},
 	qr{enum\s+$Ident},