diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2ec5fc6a4046..90b54d4697fd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1881,6 +1881,11 @@ 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("Use DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE for struct pci_device_id\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations
 # make sense.
 		if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ &&