diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
index bccf602a87f5..687f7471d18f 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver
 
 
 The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an
-all-zero entry; use of the macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE is the preferred
-method of declaring the table.  Each entry consists of:
+all-zero entry.  Definitions with static const are generally preferred.
+Use of the deprecated macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE should be avoided.
+
+Each entry consists of:
 
 	vendor,device	Vendor and device ID to match (or PCI_ANY_ID)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 779c4e26d019..59969c376a8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -609,8 +609,7 @@ struct pci_driver {
  * DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE - macro used to describe a pci device table
  * @_table: device table name
  *
- * This macro is used to create a struct pci_device_id array (a device table)
- * in a generic manner.
+ * This macro is deprecated and should not be used in new code.
  */
 #define DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(_table) \
 	const struct pci_device_id _table[]
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9c9810030377..9fb30b15c9dc 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2634,10 +2634,13 @@ sub process {
 				$herecurr);
                }
 
-# check for declarations of struct pci_device_id
-		if ($line =~ /\bstruct\s+pci_device_id\s+\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*\=\s*\{/) {
-			WARN("DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE",
-			     "Use DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE for struct pci_device_id\n" . $herecurr);
+# check for uses of DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE
+		if ($line =~ /\bDEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*=/) {
+			if (WARN("DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE",
+				 "Prefer struct pci_device_id over deprecated DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				$fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ s/\b(?:static\s+|)DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*=\s*/static const struct pci_device_id $1\[\] = /;
+			}
 		}
 
 # check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations