diff --git a/scripts/checkversion.pl b/scripts/checkversion.pl
index b444e89a0095..5e490a8ceca5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkversion.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkversion.pl
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ $| = 1;
 my $debugging;
 
 foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
+    next if $file =~ "include/linux/version\.h";
     # Open this file.
     open( my $f, '<', $file )
       or die "Can't open $file: $!\n";