diff --git a/tools/checkpatch.pl b/tools/checkpatch.pl
index 55b3e1e564..3b861e4f87 100755
--- a/tools/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/tools/checkpatch.pl
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ our $InitAttribute = qr{$InitAttributeData|$InitAttributeConst|$InitAttributeIni
 # We need \b after 'init' otherwise 'initconst' will cause a false positive in a check
 our $Attribute	= qr{
 			const|
+			_Atomic|
 			__percpu|
 			__nocast|
 			__safe|