diff --git a/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch b/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
index 7427313adc7a..fa96cfd16e99 100644
--- a/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
+++ b/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ comedi_lrange
 component_ops
 dentry_operations
 dev_pm_ops
+device_type
 dma_map_ops
 driver_info
 drm_connector_funcs