diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index add86862325b..89177c349f93 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1249,17 +1249,22 @@ sub process {
 			my $pre_ctx = "$1$2";
 
 			my ($level, @ctx) = ctx_statement_level($linenr, $realcnt, 0);
-			my $ctx_ln = $linenr + $#ctx + 1;
 			my $ctx_cnt = $realcnt - $#ctx - 1;
 			my $ctx = join("\n", @ctx);
 
-			##warn "realcnt<$realcnt> ctx_cnt<$ctx_cnt>\n";
+			my $ctx_ln = $linenr;
+			my $ctx_skip = $realcnt;
 
-			# Skip over any removed lines in the context following statement.
-			while (defined($lines[$ctx_ln - 1]) && $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^-/) {
+			while ($ctx_skip > $ctx_cnt || ($ctx_skip == $ctx_cnt &&
+					defined $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] &&
+					$lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^-/)) {
+				##print "SKIP<$ctx_skip> CNT<$ctx_cnt>\n";
+				$ctx_skip-- if (!defined $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] || $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] !~ /^-/);
 				$ctx_ln++;
 			}
-			##warn "pre<$pre_ctx>\nline<$line>\nctx<$ctx>\nnext<$lines[$ctx_ln - 1]>\n";
+
+			##print "realcnt<$realcnt> ctx_cnt<$ctx_cnt>\n";
+			##print "pre<$pre_ctx>\nline<$line>\nctx<$ctx>\nnext<$lines[$ctx_ln - 1]>\n";
 
 			if ($ctx !~ /{\s*/ && defined($lines[$ctx_ln -1]) && $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*{/) {
 				ERROR("that open brace { should be on the previous line\n" .