diff --git a/maintenance/language/checkLanguage.inc b/maintenance/language/checkLanguage.inc
index 51f5dbd4cd6..a2178fb9942 100644
--- a/maintenance/language/checkLanguage.inc
+++ b/maintenance/language/checkLanguage.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 # Blacklist some checks for some languages
 $checkBlacklist = array(
 #'code' => array( 'check1', 'check2' ... )
+'hak' => array( 'plural' ),
 'ja' => array( 'plural' ), // Does not use plural
 'my' => array( 'chars' ), // Uses a lot zwnj
+'th' => array( 'plural' ),
+'yue' => array( 'plural' ),
+'zh-classical' => array( 'plural' ),
+'zh-hans' => array( 'plural' ),
+'zh-hant' => array( 'plural' ),
 );
diff --git a/maintenance/language/checkLanguage.php b/maintenance/language/checkLanguage.php
index 2bff35cbc7f..7c3e99a28d3 100644
--- a/maintenance/language/checkLanguage.php
+++ b/maintenance/language/checkLanguage.php
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ ENDS;
 		# Check the language
 		if ( $this->checkAll ) {
 			foreach ( $this->L->getLanguages() as $language ) {
-				if ( !in_array($this->code, $ignoredCodes) ) {
+				if ( !in_array($language, $ignoredCodes) ) {
 					$this->results[$language] = $this->checkLanguage( $language );
 				}
 			}