1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3e2d9b0fe5a5..b1befa2cec26 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2539,6 +2539,7 @@ sub process {
 # Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
                 if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
                     $line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|https|BugLink):/i &&
+                    $line !~ /^This reverts commit [0-9a-f]{7,40}/ &&
                     ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i ||
                      ($line =~ /(?:\s|^)[0-9a-f]{12,40}(?:[\s"'\(\[]|$)/i &&
                       $line !~ /[\<\[][0-9a-f]{12,40}[\>\]]/i &&