diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f8343b34a28b91..62939f5800cfc0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3785,7 +3785,9 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for embedded filenames
-		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b\Q$realfile\E\b/) {
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b\Q$realfile\E\b/ &&
+			$realfile !~ /Kconfig.*/ &&
+			$realfile !~ /Makefile.*/) {
 			WARN("EMBEDDED_FILENAME",
 			     "It's generally not useful to have the filename in the file\n" . $herecurr);
 		}