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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 13d7a330b5d..a4e8087a0ca 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2078,6 +2078,13 @@ sub process {
WARN("kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probabally not required\n" . $hereprev);
}
}
+# check for needless usb_free_urb() checks
+ if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
+ my $expr = $1;
+ if ($line =~ /\busb_free_urb\(\Q$expr\E\);/) {
+ WARN("usb_free_urb(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
+ }
+ }
# warn about #ifdefs in C files
# if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) {