diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index 50ab716..0512295 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -69,3 +69,7 @@
 # "Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt"
 # We allow the usage of the volatile keyword in TF.
 --ignore VOLATILE
+
+# BRACES reports this kind of messages:
+# braces {} are not necessary for any arm of this statement
+--ignore BRACES