diff --git a/pkg/golinters/lll.go b/pkg/golinters/lll.go
index 80ebd5c9..0a8ad046 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/lll.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/lll.go
@@ -53,7 +53,29 @@ func (lint Lll) getIssuesForFile(filename string, maxLineLen int, tabSpaces stri
 	}
 
 	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't scan file %s: %s", filename, err)
+		if err == bufio.ErrTooLong && maxLineLen < bufio.MaxScanTokenSize {
+			// scanner.Scan() might fail if the line is longer than bufio.MaxScanTokenSize
+			// In the case where the specified maxLineLen is smaller than bufio.MaxScanTokenSize
+			// we can return this line as a long line instead of returning an error.
+			// The reason for this change is that this case might happen with autogenerated files
+			// The go-bindata tool for instance might generate a file with a very long line.
+			// In this case, as it's a auto generated file, the warning returned by lll will
+			// be ignored.
+			// But if we return a linter error here, and this error happens for an autogenerated
+			// file the error will be discarded (fine), but all the subsequent errors for lll will
+			// be discarded for other files and we'll miss legit error.
+			res = append(res, result.Issue{
+				Pos: token.Position{
+					Filename: filename,
+					Line:     lineNumber,
+					Column:   1,
+				},
+				Text:       fmt.Sprintf("line is more than %d characters", bufio.MaxScanTokenSize),
+				FromLinter: lint.Name(),
+			})
+		} else {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't scan file %s: %s", filename, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return res, nil