1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index add86862325b..89177c349f93 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1249,17 +1249,22 @@ sub process {
                         my $pre_ctx = "$1$2";
 
                         my ($level, @ctx) = ctx_statement_level($linenr, $realcnt, 0);
-                        my $ctx_ln = $linenr + $#ctx + 1;
                         my $ctx_cnt = $realcnt - $#ctx - 1;
                         my $ctx = join("\n", @ctx);
 
-                        ##warn "realcnt<$realcnt> ctx_cnt<$ctx_cnt>\n";
+                        my $ctx_ln = $linenr;
+                        my $ctx_skip = $realcnt;
 
-                        # Skip over any removed lines in the context following statement.
-                        while (defined($lines[$ctx_ln - 1]) && $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^-/) {
+                        while ($ctx_skip > $ctx_cnt || ($ctx_skip == $ctx_cnt &&
+                                        defined $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] &&
+                                        $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^-/)) {
+                                ##print "SKIP<$ctx_skip> CNT<$ctx_cnt>\n";
+                                $ctx_skip-- if (!defined $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] || $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] !~ /^-/);
                                 $ctx_ln++;
                         }
-                        ##warn "pre<$pre_ctx>\nline<$line>\nctx<$ctx>\nnext<$lines[$ctx_ln - 1]>\n";
+
+                        ##print "realcnt<$realcnt> ctx_cnt<$ctx_cnt>\n";
+                        ##print "pre<$pre_ctx>\nline<$line>\nctx<$ctx>\nnext<$lines[$ctx_ln - 1]>\n";
 
                         if ($ctx !~ /{\s*/ && defined($lines[$ctx_ln -1]) && $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*{/) {
                                 ERROR("that open brace { should be on the previous line\n" .