diff --git a/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 50fffc175..cabfa6799 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2121,14 +2121,14 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations
 # make sense.
-		if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s*\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+$Ident\s*\(/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\b$typeTypedefs\b/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\b__bitwise(?:__|)\b/) {
-			WARN("NEW_TYPEDEFS",
-			     "do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);
-		}
+#		if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ &&
+#		    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s*\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
+#		    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+$Ident\s*\(/ &&
+#		    $line !~ /\b$typeTypedefs\b/ &&
+#		    $line !~ /\b__bitwise(?:__|)\b/) {
+#			WARN("NEW_TYPEDEFS",
+#			     "do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);
+#		}
 
 # * goes on variable not on type
 		# (char*[ const])