diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0c520f7bf095b4451658a533d1eb7c91ad8dd0f6..7a360a8c1b91f16936deb64e5003ffcaf9ba883e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4066,12 +4066,17 @@ sub process {
 			my $cnt = $realcnt;
 			my ($off, $dstat, $dcond, $rest);
 			my $ctx = '';
+			my $has_flow_statement = 0;
+			my $has_arg_concat = 0;
 			($dstat, $dcond, $ln, $cnt, $off) =
 				ctx_statement_block($linenr, $realcnt, 0);
 			$ctx = $dstat;
 			#print "dstat<$dstat> dcond<$dcond> cnt<$cnt> off<$off>\n";
 			#print "LINE<$lines[$ln-1]> len<" . length($lines[$ln-1]) . "\n";
 
+			$has_flow_statement = 1 if ($ctx =~ /\b(goto|return)\b/);
+			$has_arg_concat = 1 if ($ctx =~ /\#\#/);
+
 			$dstat =~ s/^.\s*\#\s*define\s+$Ident(?:\([^\)]*\))?\s*//;
 			$dstat =~ s/$;//g;
 			$dstat =~ s/\\\n.//g;
@@ -4136,6 +4141,19 @@ sub process {
 				}
 			}
 
+# check for macros with flow control, but without ## concatenation
+# ## concatenation is commonly a macro that defines a function so ignore those
+			if ($has_flow_statement && !$has_arg_concat) {
+				my $herectx = $here . "\n";
+				my $cnt = statement_rawlines($ctx);
+
+				for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+					$herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
+				}
+				WARN("MACRO_WITH_FLOW_CONTROL",
+				     "Macros with flow control statements should be avoided\n" . "$herectx");
+			}
+
 # check for line continuations outside of #defines, preprocessor #, and asm
 
 		} else {