diff --git a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
index 9dbab13329fa..f33e61aca93d 100755
--- a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
+++ b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
@@ -268,4 +268,4 @@ syscall_list() {
 }
 
 (ignore_list && syscall_list $(dirname $0)/../arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl) | \
-$* -Wno-error -E -x c - > /dev/null
+$* -Wno-error -Wno-unused-macros -E -x c - > /dev/null