diff --git a/tests/ci/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl b/tests/ci/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl
index 9c4c4a61..2b812210 100644
--- a/tests/ci/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/tests/ci/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6040,6 +6040,12 @@ sub process {
 					CHK("MACRO_ARG_PRECEDENCE",
 					    "Macro argument '$arg' may be better as '($arg)' to avoid precedence issues\n" . "$herectx");
 				}
+
+# check if this is an unused argument
+				if ($define_stmt !~ /\b$arg\b/) {
+					WARN("MACRO_ARG_UNUSED",
+					     "Argument '$arg' is not used in function-like macro\n" . "$herectx");
+				}
 			}
 
 # check for macros with flow control, but without ## concatenation
diff --git a/tests/ci/checkpatch/const_structs.checkpatch b/tests/ci/checkpatch/const_structs.checkpatch
index fa96cfd1..52e5bfb6 100644
--- a/tests/ci/checkpatch/const_structs.checkpatch
+++ b/tests/ci/checkpatch/const_structs.checkpatch
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ kgdb_arch
 kgdb_io
 kobj_type
 kset_uevent_ops
+lcd_ops
 lock_manager_operations
 machine_desc
 microcode_ops