diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a671ac327461..03c456c7c079 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 09ef87255da0e005dd0ab39ca25714208cf29cb3
+refs/heads/master: b998e001e6ce6540ea04a264debc50ae44d2db7a
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dd11bbe01338..2039acdf5122 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -558,6 +558,9 @@ sub ctx_statement_block {
 			$type = ($level != 0)? '{' : '';
 
 			if ($level == 0) {
+				if (substr($blk, $off + 1, 1) eq ';') {
+					$off++;
+				}
 				last;
 			}
 		}