diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 518cc2e58439c72b991b969aa6ecbe1c70391ec5..d06b6be2841e29c86e3510a262a594c993d5a674 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4975,6 +4975,17 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for #defines like: 1 << <digit> that could be BIT(digit)
+		if ($line =~ /#\s*define\s+\w+\s+\(?\s*1\s*([ulUL]*)\s*\<\<\s*(?:\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/) {
+			my $ull = "";
+			$ull = "_ULL" if (defined($1) && $1 =~ /ll/i);
+			if (CHK("BIT_MACRO",
+				"Prefer using the BIT$ull macro\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\(?\s*1\s*[ulUL]*\s*<<\s*(\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/BIT${ull}($1)/;
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for case / default statements not preceded by break/fallthrough/switch
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s+(?:$Ident|$Constant)\s*|default):/) {
 			my $has_break = 0;