diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
index acf921ae0d..b5191df08f 100755
--- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ options="$options --show-types"
 options="$options --ignore=LINUX_VERSION_CODE,ENOSYS,\
 FILE_PATH_CHANGES,MAINTAINERS_STYLE,SPDX_LICENSE_TAG,\
 VOLATILE,PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED,PREFER_PRINTF,\
-PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\
+PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,PREFER_FALLTHROUGH,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\
 SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE,\
 LINE_SPACING,PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE,\
 NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL"