diff --git a/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index edbd464b2..1daedd2f2 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
 
 our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};
 
+if (!$OpenOCD) {
 our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
 	printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|_deferred_once|_deferred|)|
 	(?:[a-z0-9]+_){1,2}(?:printk|emerg|alert|crit|err|warning|warn|notice|info|debug|dbg|vdbg|devel|cont|WARN)(?:_ratelimited|_once|)|
@@ -606,6 +607,12 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
 	MODULE_[A-Z_]+|
 	seq_vprintf|seq_printf|seq_puts
 )};
+} # !$OpenOCD
+# OpenOCD specific: Begin: list log functions
+our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
+	LOG_(?:TARGET_|)(?:DEBUG_IO|DEBUG|INFO|WARNING|ERROR|USER|USER_N|OUTPUT)
+)};
+# OpenOCD specific: End
 
 our $allocFunctions = qr{(?x:
 	(?:(?:devm_)?