diff --git a/.github/linters/setup.cfg b/.github/linters/setup.cfg
index b0224c1475b5e..1f065ea750488 100644
--- a/.github/linters/setup.cfg
+++ b/.github/linters/setup.cfg
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ignore = W503,W605,E203
 max-complexity = 27
 max-line-length = 125
+multi_line_output=3
 show-source = True
 statistics = True
 
diff --git a/tools/checkpatch.sh b/tools/checkpatch.sh
index 98cdcb7ffd39e..4e591c3adfa95 100755
--- a/tools/checkpatch.sh
+++ b/tools/checkpatch.sh
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ check_file() {
   fi
 
   if [ ${@##*.} == 'py' ]; then
-    black --check $@
-    flake8 --config ${TOOLDIR}/../.github/linters/setup.cfg $@
-    isort $@
+    black --check $@ || fail=1
+    flake8 --config ${TOOLDIR}/../.github/linters/setup.cfg $@ || fail=1
+    isort --settings-path ${TOOLDIR}/../.github/linters/setup.cfg $@ || fail=1
   elif [ "$(is_rust_file $@)" == "1" ]; then
     if ! command -v rustfmt &> /dev/null; then
       fail=1