diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cbe5cfb7838a..9e6fd4a05222 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 740504c61f79a932564fb7117d79ad53d950b201
+refs/heads/master: 3fef12d6cb832327a981b03326f8f07abebb51b7
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 862e8e0e86ae..ada27c44da02 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ sub process {
 # case and default should not have general statements after them
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s*.*|default\s*):/g &&
 		    $line !~ /\G(?:
-			(?:\s*{)?(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*\\)?\s*$|
+			(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*{)?(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*\\)?\s*$|
 			\s*return\s+
 		    )/xg)
 		{