diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9998340d69c6..268028e382b5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2991,6 +2991,42 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for repeated words separated by a single space
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\+/ || $in_commit_log) {
+			while ($rawline =~ /\b($word_pattern) (?=($word_pattern))/g) {
+
+				my $first = $1;
+				my $second = $2;
+
+				if ($first =~ /(?:struct|union|enum)/) {
+					pos($rawline) += length($first) + length($second) + 1;
+					next;
+				}
+
+				next if ($first ne $second);
+				next if ($first eq 'long');
+
+				if (WARN("REPEATED_WORD",
+					 "Possible repeated word: '$first'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				    $fix) {
+					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b$first $second\b/$first/;
+				}
+			}
+
+			# if it's a repeated word on consecutive lines in a comment block
+			if ($prevline =~ /$;+\s*$/ &&
+			    $prevrawline =~ /($word_pattern)\s*$/) {
+				my $last_word = $1;
+				if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s*\*\s*$last_word /) {
+					if (WARN("REPEATED_WORD",
+						 "Possible repeated word: '$last_word'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+					    $fix) {
+						$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\+\s*\*\s*)$last_word /$1/;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 # ignore non-hunk lines and lines being removed
 		next if (!$hunk_line || $line =~ /^-/);
 
@@ -3314,42 +3350,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# check for repeated words separated by a single space
-		if ($rawline =~ /^\+/) {
-			while ($rawline =~ /\b($word_pattern) (?=($word_pattern))/g) {
-
-				my $first = $1;
-				my $second = $2;
-
-				if ($first =~ /(?:struct|union|enum)/) {
-					pos($rawline) += length($first) + length($second) + 1;
-					next;
-				}
-
-				next if ($first ne $second);
-				next if ($first eq 'long');
-
-				if (WARN("REPEATED_WORD",
-					 "Possible repeated word: '$first'\n" . $herecurr) &&
-				    $fix) {
-					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b$first $second\b/$first/;
-				}
-			}
-
-			# if it's a repeated word on consecutive lines in a comment block
-			if ($prevline =~ /$;+\s*$/ &&
-			    $prevrawline =~ /($word_pattern)\s*$/) {
-				my $last_word = $1;
-				if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s*\*\s*$last_word /) {
-					if (WARN("REPEATED_WORD",
-						 "Possible repeated word: '$last_word'\n" . $hereprev) &&
-					    $fix) {
-						$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\+\s*\*\s*)$last_word /$1/;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 # check for space before tabs.
 		if ($rawline =~ /^\+/ && $rawline =~ / \t/) {
 			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";