diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b7cb4ab478..9297087212 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2514,11 +2514,14 @@ sub process {
 	my $qemu_error_funcs = qr{error_setg|
 				error_setg_errno|
 				error_setg_win32|
+				error_setg_file_open|
 				error_set|
+				error_prepend|
+				error_reportf_err|
 				error_vreport|
 				error_report}x;
 
-	if ($rawline =~ /\b(?:$qemu_error_funcs)\s*\(\s*\".*\\n/) {
+	if ($rawline =~ /\b(?:$qemu_error_funcs)\s*\(.*\".*\\n/) {
 		WARN("Error messages should not contain newlines\n" . $herecurr);
 	}