diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e8a581e43944..2b85cf9b24e0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6bd113f1f4a8c0d05c4dbadb300319e0e3526db4
+refs/heads/master: 8eef05dd3e70233f3e391774d612dab44c3f023b
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e3bfcbe8a520..a3b9782441f9 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1924,6 +1924,12 @@ sub process {
 			my $pre_ctx = "$1$2";
 
 			my ($level, @ctx) = ctx_statement_level($linenr, $realcnt, 0);
+
+			if ($line =~ /^\+\t{6,}/) {
+				WARN("DEEP_INDENTATION",
+				     "Too many leading tabs - consider code refactoring\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
+
 			my $ctx_cnt = $realcnt - $#ctx - 1;
 			my $ctx = join("\n", @ctx);