diff --git a/tools/checkAPIs.pl b/tools/checkAPIs.pl
index 63a4a6e44e..79471c563f 100755
--- a/tools/checkAPIs.pl
+++ b/tools/checkAPIs.pl
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ sub check_proto_tree_add_XXX_encoding($$)
                 $args =~ s/\(.*\)//sg;
 
                 if ($args =~ /,\s*ENC_/xos) {
-                        if (!($func =~ /proto_tree_add_(time|item|bitmask|bits_item|bits_ret_val|item_ret_int|item_ret_uint)/xos)
+                        if (!($func =~ /proto_tree_add_(time|item|bitmask|bits_item|bits_ret_val|item_ret_int|item_ret_uint|bytes_item)/xos)
                            ) {
                                 print STDERR "Error: ".$filename." uses $func with ENC_*.\n";
                                 $errorCount++;