1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6f2ce0cafe6f..4de3cc42fc50 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ if ($^V && $^V lt $minimum_perl_version) {
         }
 }
 
+#if no filenames are given, push '-' to read patch from stdin
 if ($#ARGV < 0) {
-        print "$P: no input files\n";
-        exit(1);
+        push(@ARGV, '-');
 }
 
 sub hash_save_array_words {