diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 27fbd880ef6397..c0688e6274182d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4419,11 +4419,13 @@ sub process {
 #  1. with a type on the left -- int [] a;
 #  2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0...10] = 5,
 #  3. inside a curly brace -- = { [0...10] = 5 }
+#  4. inside macro arguments, example: #define HCI_ERR(err) [err] = #err
 		while ($line =~ /(.*?\s)\[/g) {
 			my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1);
 			if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ &&
 			    ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/) &&
 			    $prefix !~ /[{,:]\s+$/ &&
+			    $prefix !~ /\#define\s+.+\s+$/ &&
 			    $prefix !~ /:\s+$/) {
 				if (ERROR("BRACKET_SPACE",
 					  "space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr) &&