diff --git a/cmd/log-validator/main.go b/cmd/log-validator/main.go
index fdab2ac6..bb136880 100644
--- a/cmd/log-validator/main.go
+++ b/cmd/log-validator/main.go
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ func lineValid(text string) error {
 	if strings.Contains(text, errorPrefix) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	// Check the extracted checksum against the computed checksum
-	if computedChecksum := blog.LogLineChecksum(line); checksum != computedChecksum {
+	// Check the extracted checksum against the computed checksum, but ignore "message repeated X times" lines
+	if computedChecksum := blog.LogLineChecksum(line); checksum != computedChecksum && checksum != "message" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s invalid checksum (expected %q, got %q)", errorPrefix, computedChecksum, checksum)
 	}
 	return nil