diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 260eee9ffef7..25e306207816 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 11232688ec41a507cdb476fc4e88aff8a3a34c3c
+refs/heads/master: daebc534ac15f991961a5bb433e515988220e9bf
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0ee37bfdfd68..061c28e7bcfa 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2391,7 +2391,7 @@ sub process {
 			my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1);
 			if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ &&
 			    ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/) &&
-			    $prefix !~ /{\s+$/) {
+			    $prefix !~ /[{,]\s+$/) {
 				ERROR("BRACKET_SPACE",
 				      "space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr);
 			}