diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index 6d7ef1c0..e66bf993 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 --ignore FILE_PATH_CHANGES
 --ignore NEW_TYPEDEFS
 --ignore SPDX_LICENSE_TAG
+--ignore STRNCPY