diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 646295cd99906a84ba384fa445b224bf208b8ba2..91308bec89b94e56e92a703c5e2e019e53098753 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2675,6 +2675,13 @@ sub process {
 				$herecurr);
                }
 
+# check for non-global char *foo[] = {"bar", ...} declarations.
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+\*\s*\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*\{/) {
+			WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",
+			     "char * array declaration might be better as static const\n" .
+				$herecurr);
+               }
+
 # check for function declarations without arguments like "int foo()"
 		if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s+$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) {
 			if (ERROR("FUNCTION_WITHOUT_ARGS",