diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 461d4221e4a4a1d94664adde8d225a19d2328dbf..a65753c05a6936af14808b258d1e7f540938bb05 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ our $Binary	= qr{(?i)0b[01]+$Int_type?};
 our $Hex	= qr{(?i)0x[0-9a-f]+$Int_type?};
 our $Int	= qr{[0-9]+$Int_type?};
 our $Octal	= qr{0[0-7]+$Int_type?};
-our $String	= qr{"[X\t]*"};
+our $String	= qr{(?:\b[Lu])?"[X\t]*"};
 our $Float_hex	= qr{(?i)0x[0-9a-f]+p-?[0-9]+[fl]?};
 our $Float_dec	= qr{(?i)(?:[0-9]+\.[0-9]*|[0-9]*\.[0-9]+)(?:e-?[0-9]+)?[fl]?};
 our $Float_int	= qr{(?i)[0-9]+e-?[0-9]+[fl]?};
@@ -6132,7 +6132,8 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # concatenated string without spaces between elements
-		if ($line =~ /$String[A-Za-z0-9_]/ || $line =~ /[A-Za-z0-9_]$String/) {
+		if ($line =~ /$String[A-Z_]/ ||
+		    ($line =~ /([A-Za-z0-9_]+)$String/ && $1 !~ /^[Lu]$/)) {
 			if (CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
 				"Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
@@ -6145,7 +6146,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # uncoalesced string fragments
-		if ($line =~ /$String\s*"/) {
+		if ($line =~ /$String\s*[Lu]?"/) {
 			if (WARN("STRING_FRAGMENTS",
 				 "Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {