diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3cc34da31e52..c8fffadb0d33 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 849382948992cc6482c778b1e854c19368b60c05
+refs/heads/master: 8f53a9b80f011080555c498d2ca2dc6b1a77c42c
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3257d3d96767..309050f30874 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2572,6 +2572,11 @@ sub process {
 			WARN("plain inline is preferred over $1\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for sizeof(&)
+		if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
+			WARN("sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for new externs in .c files.
 		if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
 		    $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s)