diff --git a/scripts/check_format.sh b/scripts/check_format.sh
index df4ca7800..8cbaeb0ad 100755
--- a/scripts/check_format.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_format.sh
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ if hash shellcheck 2>/dev/null; then
 	# For more information about the topic and a list of human-friendly error descripions
 	# go to: https://trello.com/c/29Z90j1W
 	# Error descriptions can also be found at: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki
-	SHCK_EXCLUDE="SC1001,SC1003,SC1004,SC1009,SC1010,SC1019,SC1020,SC1072,SC1073,\
+	SHCK_EXCLUDE="SC1001,SC1003,SC1004,SC1010,\
 SC1083,SC1087,SC1090,SC1091,SC1113,SC2001,SC2002,SC2003,SC2004,SC2005,\
 SC2007,SC2009,SC2010,SC2012,SC2013,SC2015,SC2016,SC2018,SC2019,SC2022,SC2026,\
 SC2027,SC2030,SC2031,SC2034,SC2035,SC2039,SC2043,SC2044,SC2045,SC2046,SC2048,\
diff --git a/test/vmd/vmd.sh b/test/vmd/vmd.sh
index 6e395b83b..ef09b22ef 100755
--- a/test/vmd/vmd.sh
+++ b/test/vmd/vmd.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ rpc_py=$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py
 
 pci_devs=$($rootdir/app/spdk_lspci/spdk_lspci | grep "NVMe disk behind VMD" | awk '{print $1}')
 
-if [ -z $pci_devs]; then
+if [ -z $pci_devs ]; then
         echo "Couldn't find any NVMe device behind a VMD."
         exit 1
 fi