diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b1a5f615ecca..9277a0b22299 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9360b0e50e9f3e0fd70a077b4ede9885ebc21720
+refs/heads/master: 417495eda3ce50f9c6d28f8e9ddb3bbb25f07f4c
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0dcfdce632b1..60ad8dbd79e1 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@
 			__iomem|
 			__must_check|
 			__init_refok|
-			__kprobes
+			__kprobes|
+			__ref
 		}x;
 our $Attribute	= qr{
 			const|