diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3d4040322ae19f66662f4a836db44ab096c46db3..2b404317daea43356cfa9556eb57c236ee48ca71 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ sub process {
 				next if ($f =~ /^-/);
 				last if (!$file && $f =~ /^\@\@/);
 
-				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
+				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate|prompt)\s*["']/) {
 					$is_start = 1;
 				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
 					$length = -1;