diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 25e306207816..9f81340b0322 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: daebc534ac15f991961a5bb433e515988220e9bf
+refs/heads/master: b9df76ac76da351cd4f6ba52369e9a64e9ab686d
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 061c28e7bcfa..95ba30a24dcf 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2911,6 +2911,7 @@ sub process {
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant),$/ &&			# 10, // foo(),
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant);$/ &&			# foo();
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&			# 10 // foo()
+			    $dstat !~ /^'X'$/ &&					# character constants
 			    $dstat !~ /$exceptions/ &&
 			    $dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ &&				# .foo =
 			    $dstat !~ /^do\s*$Constant\s*while\s*$Constant;?$/ &&	# do {...} while (...); // do {...} while (...)