diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f942415ed96..27c1f54e54f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -464,10 +464,13 @@ our $typeKernelTypedefs = qr{(?x:
 	(?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
 	atomic_t
 )};
+# DIR is misinterpreted as a macro or value in some POSIX headers
+our $typePosixTypedefs = qr{DIR};
 our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
 	$typeC99Typedefs\b|
 	$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b|
-	$typeKernelTypedefs\b
+	$typeKernelTypedefs\b|
+	$typePosixTypedefs\b
 )};
 
 our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};