diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ea7a1a2c2b45..5070de76fbc3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5ca43f6c3b365024d889bc77064bb331f5a72a45
+refs/heads/master: 428e2fdc4ecee2312829e97549f99c12312f4faf
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d8670810db65..5c9672951077 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2748,6 +2748,11 @@ sub process {
 			WARN("sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
+		if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
+			WARN("Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for new externs in .c files.
 		if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
 		    $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s)