1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 309050f30874..3e4099a6df51 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2182,8 +2182,10 @@ sub process {
                                 # Find out how long the conditional actually is.
                                 my @newlines = ($c =~ /\n/gs);
                                 my $cond_lines = 1 + $#newlines;
+                                my $stat_real = '';
 
-                                my $stat_real = raw_line($linenr, $cond_lines);
+                                $stat_real = raw_line($linenr, $cond_lines)
+                                                        . "\n" if ($cond_lines);
                                 if (defined($stat_real) && $cond_lines > 1) {
                                         $stat_real = "[...]\n$stat_real";
                                 }