diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 160ac1f5a825..f744b0a7aca9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dea33496ddc2bf1a50e9def87b4ef14709d8cb6d
+refs/heads/master: 81bc0e020232a1e1e7010376382bb59ca82927ac
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5382f7287397..18646f076a84 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ sub sanitise_line {
 			$off++;
 			next;
 		}
-		if (substr($line, $off, 2) eq '*/') {
+		if ($sanitise_quote eq '*/' && substr($line, $off, 2) eq '*/') {
 			$sanitise_quote = '';
 			substr($res, $off, 2, "$;$;");
 			$off++;