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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e6033d3c48d3..e3b7362b0ee4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
# (c) 2001, Dave Jones. (the file handling bit)
# (c) 2005, Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> (the ugly bit)
# (c) 2007,2008, Andy Whitcroft <apw@uk.ibm.com> (new conditions, test suite)
# (c) 2008-2010 Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
-# Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
+# (c) 2010-2018 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
use strict;
use warnings;
@@ -2375,6 +2377,14 @@ sub process {
my $rawline = $rawlines[$linenr - 1];
+# check if it's a mode change, rename or start of a patch
+ if (!$in_commit_log &&
+ ($line =~ /^ mode change [0-7]+ => [0-7]+ \S+\s*$/ ||
+ ($line =~ /^rename (?:from|to) \S+\s*$/ ||
+ $line =~ /^diff --git a\/[\w\/\.\_\-]+ b\/\S+\s*$/))) {
+ $is_patch = 1;
+ }
+
#extract the line range in the file after the patch is applied
if (!$in_commit_log &&
$line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@(.*)/) {