diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 46626337ac5ecf..9a549b009d2f8c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ sub hash_show_words {
 
 our $allocFunctions = qr{(?x:
 	(?:(?:devm_)?
-		(?:kv|k|v)[czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)? |
+		(?:kv|k|v)[czm]alloc(?:_array)?(?:_node)? |
 		kstrdup(?:_const)? |
 		kmemdup(?:_nul)?) |
 	(?:\w+)?alloc_skb(?:_ip_align)? |