diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 7dd7b541cc..ee3d5035a0 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 exclude=
     # copied from the kernel sources
     utils/diffconfig
-max-line-length=132
+max-line-length=80
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 572868a557..e62e1c3e38 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ check-flake8:
         - find * -type f -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep 'Python script' | cut -d':' -f1 >> files.txt
         - sort -u files.txt | tee files.processed
     script:
-        - python -m flake8 --statistics --count $(cat files.processed)
+        - python -m flake8 --statistics --count --max-line-length=132 $(cat files.processed)
     after_script:
         - wc -l files.processed
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml.in b/.gitlab-ci.yml.in
index a506840892..b1ec671867 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml.in
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ check-flake8:
         - find * -type f -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep 'Python script' | cut -d':' -f1 >> files.txt
         - sort -u files.txt | tee files.processed
     script:
-        - python -m flake8 --statistics --count $(cat files.processed)
+        - python -m flake8 --statistics --count --max-line-length=132 $(cat files.processed)
     after_script:
         - wc -l files.processed