diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index d88af57129a82cf1b8cf772e9ca02d7c7a20efbb..35167e12015b202a910be77ed075af4dd8425b12 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@
 
 # Not Linux, so we don't recommend usleep_range() over udelay()
 --ignore USLEEP_RANGE
+
+# Ignore networking block comment style
+--ignore NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE