diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ff1ca592bc43..5456381ae042 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 00ef4ece05096a5c523e265b8ce6627fb5e171c2
+refs/heads/master: a3340b35787975414d5f6fee83e00640688be2cb
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 92d13710ff52..15a590425129 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1886,11 +1886,11 @@ sub process {
 					if ($ctx !~ /[WEBC]x./ && $ca !~ /(?:\)|!|~|\*|-|\&|\||\+\+|\-\-|\{)$/) {
 						ERROR("space required before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
 					}
-					if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*const\b/) {
+					if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*$Modifier\b/) {
 						# A unary '*' may be const
 
 					} elsif ($ctx =~ /.xW/) {
-						ERROR("space prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
+						ERROR("Aspace prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
 					}
 
 				# unary ++ and unary -- are allowed no space on one side.