1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2c1afba57580..862e8e0e86ae 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1465,6 +1465,7 @@ sub process {
                         }
 
                         my $cond_ptr = -1;
+                        $continuation = 0;
                         while ($cond_ptr != $cond_lines) {
                                 $cond_ptr = $cond_lines;
 
@@ -1478,9 +1479,11 @@ sub process {
                                 #  1) blank lines, they should be at 0,
                                 #  2) preprocessor lines, and
                                 #  3) labels.
-                                if ($s =~ /^\s*?\n/ ||
+                                if ($continuation ||
+                                    $s =~ /^\s*?\n/ ||
                                     $s =~ /^\s*#\s*?/ ||
                                     $s =~ /^\s*$Ident\s*:/) {
+                                        $continuation = ($s =~ /^.*?\\\n/) ? 1 : 0;
                                         $s =~ s/^.*?\n//;
                                         $cond_lines++;
                                 }