diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 00b042c49ccd..c845356952bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 # define __pmem		__attribute__((noderef, address_space(5)))
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER
 # define __rcu		__attribute__((noderef, address_space(4)))
-#else
+#else /* CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER */
 # define __rcu
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER */
+# define __private	__attribute__((noderef))
 extern void __chk_user_ptr(const volatile void __user *);
 extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
-#else
+# define ACCESS_PRIVATE(p, member) (*((typeof((p)->member) __force *) &(p)->member))
+#else /* __CHECKER__ */
 # define __user
 # define __kernel
 # define __safe
@@ -44,7 +46,9 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
 # define __percpu
 # define __rcu
 # define __pmem
-#endif
+# define __private
+# define ACCESS_PRIVATE(p, member) ((p)->member)
+#endif /* __CHECKER__ */
 
 /* Indirect macros required for expanded argument pasting, eg. __LINE__. */
 #define ___PASTE(a,b) a##b
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0147c91fa549..874132b26d23 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ our $Sparse	= qr{
 			__init_refok|
 			__kprobes|
 			__ref|
-			__rcu
+			__rcu|
+			__private
 		}x;
 our $InitAttributePrefix = qr{__(?:mem|cpu|dev|net_|)};
 our $InitAttributeData = qr{$InitAttributePrefix(?:initdata\b)};