diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index 85b5f35e9..fca13659b 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 --ignore PREFER_PR_LEVEL
 --ignore SPDX_LICENSE_TAG
 --ignore SPLIT_STRING
+
 --exclude .github
 --exclude casadm
 --exclude configure.d