diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index 4a77de0b55..15e2d0c91b 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 
 # Ignore aspects we don't follow here.
 --ignore SPLIT_STRING
+
+--ignore GIT_COMMIT_ID