diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 79851c968779..39aac0fb0b1a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2787,7 +2787,7 @@ sub process {
 			$sig_nospace =~ s/\s//g;
 			$sig_nospace = lc($sig_nospace);
 			if (defined $signatures{$sig_nospace}) {
-				WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
+				WARN("DUPLICATE_SIGN_OFF",
 				     "Duplicate signature\n" . $herecurr);
 			} else {
 				$signatures{$sig_nospace} = 1;