diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 460a6b5b9d9a2f0d2de98aadc1af025d15d26da2..d64c67b67e3c7b76073798f2959ee5ef41206f1b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4071,7 +4071,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for function declarations without arguments like "int foo()"
-		if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s+$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) {
+		if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s*$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) {
 			if (ERROR("FUNCTION_WITHOUT_ARGS",
 				  "Bad function definition - $1() should probably be $1(void)\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
@@ -6287,13 +6287,17 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for function declarations that have arguments without identifier names
+# while avoiding uninitialized_var(x)
 		if (defined $stat &&
-		    $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s*(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\))\s*\(\s*([^{]+)\s*\)\s*;/s &&
-		    $1 ne "void") {
-			my $args = trim($1);
+		    $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s*(?:($Ident)|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\))\s*\(\s*([^{]+)\s*\)\s*;/s &&
+		    (!defined($1) ||
+		     (defined($1) && $1 ne "uninitialized_var")) &&
+		     $2 ne "void") {
+			my $args = trim($2);
 			while ($args =~ m/\s*($Type\s*(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident?\s*\)\s*$balanced_parens)?)/g) {
 				my $arg = trim($1);
-				if ($arg =~ /^$Type$/ && $arg !~ /enum\s+$Ident$/) {
+				if ($arg =~ /^$Type$/ &&
+					$arg !~ /enum\s+$Ident$/) {
 					WARN("FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS",
 					     "function definition argument '$arg' should also have an identifier name\n" . $herecurr);
 				}