diff --git a/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py b/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py
index 04b4fde6a7c0e..435914d3f3c91 100755
--- a/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ def has_wrong_whitespace(first_line: str, second_line: str) -> bool:
 
     tokens: list = list(tokenize.generate_tokens(file_obj.readline))
 
-    for first_token, second_token, third_token in zip(tokens, tokens[1:], tokens[2:]):
+    for first_token, second_token, third_token in zip(
+        tokens, tokens[1:], tokens[2:], strict=False
+    ):
         # Checking if we are in a block of concated string
         if (
             first_token.type == third_token.type == token.STRING