diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a358af9..39be97a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 my @ignore = ();
 my $help = 0;
 my $configuration_file = ".checkpatch.conf";
-my $max_line_length = 80;
+my $max_line_length = 100;
 my $ignore_perl_version = 0;
 my $minimum_perl_version = 5.10.0;
 my $min_conf_desc_length = 4;