diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6cec196e2b45..e377864aeeac 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 270c49a088ae58d4b817861bb04bfec63b0966db
+refs/heads/master: 5f14d3bd87ef5f979ea64c1f0862534d71786db7
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 885e3b43d64a..e94626ca77cf 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3114,6 +3114,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "__aligned(size) is preferred over __attribute__((aligned(size)))\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# Check for __attribute__ format(printf, prefer __printf
+		if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*printf/) {
+			WARN("PREFER_PRINTF",
+			     "__printf(string-index, first-to-check) is preferred over __attribute__((format(printf, string-index, first-to-check)))\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for sizeof(&)
 		if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
 			WARN("SIZEOF_ADDRESS",