diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6fcc66afb088083080a4b492be6af4b67d4c1430..c2641bc995e85956bdfb9ffb220a92c3a9dbff03 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
 	TP_printk|
 	WARN(?:_RATELIMIT|_ONCE|)|
 	panic|
+	debug|
+	printf|
 	MODULE_[A-Z_]+|
 	seq_vprintf|seq_printf|seq_puts
 )};