diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 24c6cf728266..cf1ff6ffb8be 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 53a3c4487a05b8f26ef72fe434a750a3402c998f
+refs/heads/master: 8cf6de7145943caa38c56c61cd83b17687afd900
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bcdb54bd61a0..983ac1816da0 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1905,6 +1905,16 @@ sub process {
 			ERROR("open brace '{' following function declarations go on the next line\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# missing space after union or struct definition
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s*(union|struct)\s+$Ident[=\{]/) {
+		    WARN("Missing space after struct or union definition\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
+# missing space after enum definition
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s*enum\{/) {
+		    WARN("Missing space after enum definition\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # open braces for enum, union and struct go on the same line.
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*{/ &&
 		    $prevline =~ /^.\s*(?:typedef\s+)?(enum|union|struct)(?:\s+$Ident)?\s*$/) {