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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0c20f035ed99..cf95d3ae0754 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3440,6 +3440,18 @@ sub process {
#ignore lines not being added
next if ($line =~ /^[^\+]/);
+# check for dereferences that span multiple lines
+ if ($prevline =~ /^\+.*$Lval\s*(?:\.|->)\s*$/ &&
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*(?!\#\s*(?!define\s+|if))\s*$Lval/) {
+ $prevline =~ /($Lval\s*(?:\.|->))\s*$/;
+ my $ref = $1;
+ $line =~ /^.\s*($Lval)/;
+ $ref .= $1;
+ $ref =~ s/\s//g;
+ WARN("MULTILINE_DEREFERENCE",
+ "Avoid multiple line dereference - prefer '$ref'\n" . $hereprev);
+ }
+
# check for declarations of signed or unsigned without int
while ($line =~ m{\b($Declare)\s*(?!char\b|short\b|int\b|long\b)\s*($Ident)?\s*[=,;\[\)\(]}g) {
my $type = $1;