diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7feb5b412c2a..62f3dbbe807f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5646bc71b3ef9634f307f91d9c4bdf38eba4018a
+refs/heads/master: 74c8f4336da4319f886151a4246024e08b1a0eb3
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b20ca55cddd3..3a7600d12783 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3229,7 +3229,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
-		if (($line =~ /^..*}\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
+		if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
 			CHK("BRACES",
 			    "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
 		}