diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c14ab0601326..9ef5142b1bea 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5f7ddae6104d85e27c0fbcb508cfe8286a01a5e1
+refs/heads/master: 5150bda43c58cdce7eb851c3fe2ca913524459a0
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d7a44fd3b224..25d716cc44dc 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1791,9 +1791,9 @@ sub process {
 			WARN("EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its function/variable\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# check for external initialisers.
+# check for global initialisers.
 		if ($line =~ /^.$Type\s*$Ident\s*(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
-			ERROR("do not initialise externals to 0 or NULL\n" .
+			ERROR("do not initialise globals to 0 or NULL\n" .
 				$herecurr);
 		}
 # check for static initialisers.