diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fe0578b00989..7d16b0496b5f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fc0d8d944df0c58cd810f33db82f87dcf5dcc190
+refs/heads/master: 463f28648586721c2191130c9b3c27589dcc11a0
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2d5ece798c4c..fd6481649258 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@ sub process {
 			# Ignore functions being called
 			} elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
 
+			} elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*else\b/s) {
+
 			# declarations always start with types
 			} elsif ($prev_values eq 'E' && $s =~ /^.\s*(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:$Inline\s+)?(?:const\s+)?((?:\s*$Ident)+?)\b(?:\s+$Sparse)?\s*\**\s*(?:$Ident|\(\*[^\)]*\))(?:\s*$Modifier)?\s*(?:;|=|,|\()/s) {
 				my $type = $1;