Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kis...@siemens.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 55ef439..4fa06c0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2536,7 +2536,8 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
                if (!defined $suppress_ifbraces{$linenr - 1} &&
-                                       $line =~ /\b(if|while|for|else)\b/) {
+                                       $line =~ /\b(if|while|for|else)\b/ &&
+                                       $line !~ /\#\s*else/) {
                        my $allowed = 0;
 
                        # Check the pre-context.
-- 
1.7.1

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