diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7e664919809d..a6f7da18d0f8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c8cb2ca37ed51aa1f3b20e3eff1e72df1c400f70
+refs/heads/master: f3db6639fee577f6ed92c0a1fc881e748c47ec48
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5420db6502fc..cf70f123f574 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2108,6 +2108,10 @@ sub process {
 		if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) {
 			WARN("consider using strict_$1 in preference to simple_$1\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
+# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) {
+			WARN("please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
 
 # use of NR_CPUS is usually wrong
 # ignore definitions of NR_CPUS and usage to define arrays as likely right