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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c1e7fb3eab4..2ec5fc6a404 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1869,6 +1869,18 @@ sub process {
 				$herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for static const char * arrays.
+		if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+const\s+char\s*\*\s*(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*/) {
+			WARN("static const char * array should probably be static const char * const\n" .
+				$herecurr);
+               }
+
+# check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations.
+		if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) {
+			WARN("static char array declaration should probably be static const char\n" .
+				$herecurr);
+               }
+
 # check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations
 # make sense.
 		if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ &&