diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5ebbb8724e7c..0fb1efae7f9e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0ad50c3896afbb3c103409a18260e601b87a744c
+refs/heads/master: 5023d3472d444747bfa12e9798d7993e7efb8287
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f18750e3bd6c..d4f61a6fed5d 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3013,6 +3013,15 @@ sub process {
 					      "Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis\n" . "$herectx");
 				}
 			}
+
+# check for line continuations outside of #defines
+
+		} else {
+			if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ &&
+			    $line =~ /^\+.*\\$/) {
+				WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
+				     "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
 		}
 
 # do {} while (0) macro tests: