diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index eb8f88787e81f0f0036c0cbc4bf23c70b4465a10..e3d9c34b1b53cfb33607954f1bce8788a2c6d26e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4291,7 +4291,7 @@ sub process {
 			my $comp = $3;
 			my $to = $4;
 			my $newcomp = $comp;
-			if ($lead !~ /$Operators\s*$/ &&
+			if ($lead !~ /(?:$Operators|\.)\s*$/ &&
 			    $to !~ /^(?:Constant|[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)$/ &&
 			    WARN("CONSTANT_COMPARISON",
 				 "Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the test\n" . $herecurr) &&