diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0652baf88147..aadb29c4dd3c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3354957a4f8b9bb4b43625232acdf0626851c82f
+refs/heads/master: d4977c78e9c7dd042f96f4a21d957bc25a561333
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index de0f4672cb74..bd88f11b0953 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2601,6 +2601,11 @@ sub process {
 			CHK("architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" .  $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration
+		if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ && $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage\b/) {
+			WARN("storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr)
+		}
+
 # check the location of the inline attribute, that it is between
 # storage class and type.
 		if ($line =~ /\b$Type\s+$Inline\b/ ||