diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bd44d12965c9..c7cd0750b41e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5809,6 +5809,8 @@ sub process {
 			    $var !~ /^(?:[A-Z]+_){1,5}[A-Z]{1,3}[a-z]/ &&
 #Ignore Page<foo> variants
 			    $var !~ /^(?:Clear|Set|TestClear|TestSet|)Page[A-Z]/ &&
+#Ignore ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_<foo> variants
+			    $var !~ /^ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_/ &&
 #Ignore SI style variants like nS, mV and dB
 #(ie: max_uV, regulator_min_uA_show, RANGE_mA_VALUE)
 			    $var !~ /^(?:[a-z0-9_]*|[A-Z0-9_]*)?_?[a-z][A-Z](?:_[a-z0-9_]+|_[A-Z0-9_]+)?$/ &&