diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 16b6b8754846..868e0c8a2af0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8ea3eb9a20f39d5afa52900a34092b4b5f6b55cb
+refs/heads/master: 0221f55c142b0ac8baf6f0b6c4e1ec89f0c98e96
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6d07b6778c91..9c209165f252 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ sub possible {
 	my ($possible, $line) = @_;
 
 	print "CHECK<$possible> ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible > 1);
-	if ($possible !~ /^(?:$Storage|$Type|DEFINE_\S+)$/ &&
+	if ($possible !~ /^(?:$Modifier|$Storage|$Type|DEFINE_\S+)$/ &&
 	    $possible ne 'goto' && $possible ne 'return' &&
 	    $possible ne 'case' && $possible ne 'else' &&
 	    $possible ne 'asm' && $possible ne '__asm__' &&