diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 44f69c59a34c..9623a9483d2e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6cbb2e711128b505209f7c910018aac77335c887
+refs/heads/master: fee61c47d15270bdea699a8a3dd867f0825c3541
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 66f060ecb81f..83ae37b38621 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1670,6 +1670,7 @@ sub process {
 			my $value = $2;
 
 			# Flatten any parentheses and braces
+			$value =~ s/\)\(/\) \(/g;
 			while ($value =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/) {
 			}