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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2b3c22808c3b..e70147742cce 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2348,6 +2348,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
 		if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+		    $line !~ /^This reverts commit [0-9a-f]{7,40}/ &&
 		    ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i ||
 		     ($line =~ /\b[0-9a-f]{12,40}\b/i &&
 		      $line !~ /[\<\[][0-9a-f]{12,40}[\>\]]/i &&