diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c5699b7c849b..a29e5f449eeb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4ed940d4c34c21a1a356969a923f2815d608e0bf
+refs/heads/master: b34a26f3158cca932b6f1427b97fe12c7838ee68
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e5bd60ff48e3..630319acb826 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1848,8 +1848,8 @@ sub process {
 
 			my $pos = pos_last_openparen($rest);
 			if ($pos >= 0) {
-				$line =~ /^\+([ \t]*)/;
-				my $newindent = $1;
+				$line =~ /^(\+| )([ \t]*)/;
+				my $newindent = $2;
 
 				my $goodtabindent = $oldindent .
 					"\t" x ($pos / 8) .