diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 57e68653ce76..7feb5b412c2a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 04db4d25d9eaa58140520f976994d1a601129c00
+refs/heads/master: 5646bc71b3ef9634f307f91d9c4bdf38eba4018a
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9cdd147c1335..b20ca55cddd3 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2522,8 +2522,8 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for whitespace before a non-naked semicolon
 		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\S\s+;/) {
-			CHK("SPACING",
-			    "space prohibited before semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
+			WARN("SPACING",
+			     "space prohibited before semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # Check operator spacing.