diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index f194ced..ad04d39 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 --ignore AVOID_EXTERNS
 --ignore VOLATILE
 --ignore CONFIG_DESCRIPTION
+--ignore MISSING_SPACE
 
 # FILE_PATH_CHANGES seems to not be working correctly. It will
 # choke on added / deleted files even if the MAINTAINERS file
@@ -24,3 +25,7 @@
 # This one has a linux path hard coded, so it would choke on
 # some commits unnecessarily.
 --ignore EXECUTE_PERMISSIONS
+
+# Exclude the vendorcode directory
+--exclude src/vendorcode
+