1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d94f5d879fb1..10ad5ab571dc 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4446,7 +4446,7 @@ sub process {
                         my $expr = '\s*\(\s*' . quotemeta($1) . '\s*\)\s*;';
                         if ($line =~ /\b(kfree|usb_free_urb|debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?)$expr/) {
                                 WARN('NEEDLESS_IF',
-                                     "$1(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
+                                     "$1(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
                         }
                 }