diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7aa9d596c7c1..bdf1a4ef0cc7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 133fd9f5cda2d86904126f4b9fa4e8f4330c9569
+refs/heads/master: 9a4cad4e25b91f48494f13fce3d25ea44bec7472
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index faea0ec612bf..2262e1f57fa6 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2448,6 +2448,13 @@ sub process {
 				     "space prohibited between function name and open parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
+
+# check for whitespace before a non-naked semicolon
+		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\S\s+;/) {
+			CHK("SPACING",
+			    "space prohibited before semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # Check operator spacing.
 		if (!($line=~/\#\s*include/)) {
 			my $ops = qr{