diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3cdc0703e00f2a..75c93316547be0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5044,7 +5044,7 @@ sub process {
 				# A colon needs no spaces before when it is
 				# terminating a case value or a label.
 				} elsif ($opv eq ':C' || $opv eq ':L') {
-					if ($ctx =~ /Wx./) {
+					if ($ctx =~ /Wx./ and $realfile !~ m@.*\.lds\.h$@) {
 						if (ERROR("SPACING",
 							  "space prohibited before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
 							$good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]);