diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8199d59d0ad7..4c53d6f67339 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ our $Inline	= qr{inline|__always_inline|noinline};
 our $Member	= qr{->$Ident|\.$Ident|\[[^]]*\]};
 our $Lval	= qr{$Ident(?:$Member)*};
 
-our $Constant	= qr{(?:[0-9]+|0x[0-9a-fA-F]+)[UL]*};
+our $Constant	= qr{(?i:(?:[0-9]+|0x[0-9a-f]+)[ul]*)};
 our $Assignment	= qr{(?:\*\=|/=|%=|\+=|-=|<<=|>>=|&=|\^=|\|=|=)};
 our $Compare    = qr{<=|>=|==|!=|<|>};
 our $Operators	= qr{
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ our $match_balanced_parentheses = qr/(\((?:[^\(\)]+|(-1))*\))/;
 
 our $Typecast	= qr{\s*(\(\s*$NonptrType\s*\)){0,1}\s*};
 our $LvalOrFunc	= qr{($Lval)\s*($match_balanced_parentheses{0,1})\s*};
+our $FuncArg = qr{$Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc|$Constant)};
 
 sub deparenthesize {
 	my ($string) = @_;
@@ -2609,28 +2610,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
-		if ($line =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\b(min|max)\s*\($Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc)\s*,\s*$Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc)\s*\)/) {
-			if (defined $2 || defined $8) {
-				my $call = $1;
-				my $cast1 = deparenthesize($2);
-				my $arg1 = $3;
-				my $cast2 = deparenthesize($8);
-				my $arg2 = $9;
-				my $cast;
-
-				if ($cast1 ne "" && $cast2 ne "") {
-					$cast = "$cast1 or $cast2";
-				} elsif ($cast1 ne "") {
-					$cast = $cast1;
-				} else {
-					$cast = $cast2;
-				}
-				WARN("MINMAX",
-				     "$call() should probably be ${call}_t($cast, $arg1, $arg2)\n" . $herecurr);
-			}
-		}
-
 # Need a space before open parenthesis after if, while etc
 		if ($line=~/\b(if|while|for|switch)\(/) {
 			ERROR("SPACING", "space required before the open parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr);
@@ -3121,24 +3100,42 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # Check for misused memsets
-		if (defined $stat && $stat =~ /\bmemset\s*\((.*)\)/s) {
-			my $args = $1;
+		if (defined $stat &&
+		    $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*$FuncArg\s*\)/s) {
+
+			my $ms_addr = $2;
+			my $ms_val = $8;
+			my $ms_size = $14;
 
-			# Flatten any parentheses and braces
-			while ($args =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/10/s ||
-			       $args =~ s/\{[^\{\}]*\}/10/s ||
-			       $args =~ s/\[[^\[\]]*\]/10/s)
-			{
-			}
-			# Extract the simplified arguments.
-			my ($ms_addr, $ms_val, $ms_size) =
-						split(/\s*,\s*/, $args);
 			if ($ms_size =~ /^(0x|)0$/i) {
 				ERROR("MEMSET",
-				      "memset size is 3rd argument, not the second.\n" . $herecurr);
+				      "memset to 0's uses 0 as the 2nd argument, not the 3rd\n" . "$here\n$stat\n");
 			} elsif ($ms_size =~ /^(0x|)1$/i) {
 				WARN("MEMSET",
-				     "single byte memset is suspicious. Swapped 2nd/3rd argument?\n" . $herecurr);
+				     "single byte memset is suspicious. Swapped 2nd/3rd argument?\n" . "$here\n$stat\n");
+			}
+		}
+
+# typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
+		if (defined $stat &&
+		    $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\b(min|max)\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\)/) {
+			if (defined $2 || defined $8) {
+				my $call = $1;
+				my $cast1 = deparenthesize($2);
+				my $arg1 = $3;
+				my $cast2 = deparenthesize($8);
+				my $arg2 = $9;
+				my $cast;
+
+				if ($cast1 ne "" && $cast2 ne "") {
+					$cast = "$cast1 or $cast2";
+				} elsif ($cast1 ne "") {
+					$cast = $cast1;
+				} else {
+					$cast = $cast2;
+				}
+				WARN("MINMAX",
+				     "$call() should probably be ${call}_t($cast, $arg1, $arg2)\n" . "$here\n$stat\n");
 			}
 		}