diff --git a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
index 22f2d3e372..b7b534a552 100755
--- a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6486,14 +6486,16 @@ sub process {
 			    "Prefer $3(sizeof(*$1)...) over $3($4...)\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# check for k[mz]alloc with multiplies that could be kmalloc_array/kcalloc
+# check for (kv|k)[mz]alloc with multiplies that could be kmalloc_array/kvmalloc_array/kvcalloc/kcalloc
 		if ($perl_version_ok &&
 		    defined $stat &&
-		    $stat =~ /^\+\s*($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*(k[mz]alloc)\s*\(\s*($FuncArg)\s*\*\s*($FuncArg)\s*,/) {
+		    $stat =~ /^\+\s*($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*((?:kv|k)[mz]alloc)\s*\(\s*($FuncArg)\s*\*\s*($FuncArg)\s*,/) {
 			my $oldfunc = $3;
 			my $a1 = $4;
 			my $a2 = $10;
 			my $newfunc = "kmalloc_array";
+			$newfunc = "kvmalloc_array" if ($oldfunc eq "kvmalloc");
+			$newfunc = "kvcalloc" if ($oldfunc eq "kvzalloc");
 			$newfunc = "kcalloc" if ($oldfunc eq "kzalloc");
 			my $r1 = $a1;
 			my $r2 = $a2;
@@ -6510,7 +6512,7 @@ sub process {
 					 "Prefer $newfunc over $oldfunc with multiply\n" . $herectx) &&
 				    $cnt == 1 &&
 				    $fix) {
-					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*(k[mz]alloc)\s*\(\s*($FuncArg)\s*\*\s*($FuncArg)/$1 . ' = ' . "$newfunc(" . trim($r1) . ', ' . trim($r2)/e;
+					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*((?:kv|k)[mz]alloc)\s*\(\s*($FuncArg)\s*\*\s*($FuncArg)/$1 . ' = ' . "$newfunc(" . trim($r1) . ', ' . trim($r2)/e;
 				}
 			}
 		}