diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index 35167e1201..d1d32fac9d 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@
 
 # Ignore networking block comment style
 --ignore NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE
+
+# Ignore "WARNING: Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet
+# addresses are __aligned(2)".
+--ignore PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_COPY