diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1b91330ddc93..fa78c820dff5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a13858033a3a993147d190317cc9d709f0a1b819
+refs/heads/master: 87a53877185627b49a903023255425bda78f890c
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d8ac16ab5e61..afc656d00589 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ sub process {
 			#   XXX(foo);
 			#   EXPORT_SYMBOL(something_foo);
 			my $name = $1;
-			if ($stat =~ /^.([A-Z_]+)\s*\(\s*($Ident)/ &&
+			if ($stat =~ /^(?:.\s*}\s*\n)?.([A-Z_]+)\s*\(\s*($Ident)/ &&
 			    $name =~ /^${Ident}_$2/) {
 #print "FOO C name<$name>\n";
 				$suppress_export{$realline_next} = 1;