diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3a225d0..907e079 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5311,7 +5311,7 @@
 			my ($s, $c) = ctx_statement_block($linenr - 3, $realcnt, 0);
 #			print("line: <$line>\nprevline: <$prevline>\ns: <$s>\nc: <$c>\n\n\n");
 
-			if ($c =~ /(?:^|\n)[ \+]\s*(?:$Type\s*)?\Q$testval\E\s*=\s*(?:\([^\)]*\)\s*)?\s*(?:devm_)?(?:[kv][czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)?\b|kstrdup|(?:dev_)?alloc_skb)/) {
+			if ($s =~ /(?:^|\n)[ \+]\s*(?:$Type\s*)?\Q$testval\E\s*=\s*(?:\([^\)]*\)\s*)?\s*(?:devm_)?(?:[kv][czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)?\b|kstrdup|kmemdup|(?:dev_)?alloc_skb)/) {
 				WARN("OOM_MESSAGE",
 				     "Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message\n" . $hereprev);
 			}