diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index 5541a564ba..aacb98219b 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This isn't actually a Linux kernel tree
 --no-tree
 
---max-line-length=120
+--max-line-length=100
 
 --ignore EMAIL_SUBJECT