diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1e95953b488f..404e3d6906aa 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3885,14 +3885,26 @@ sub process {
 
 		# Check for }<nl>else {, these must be at the same
 		# indent level to be relevant to each other.
-		if ($prevline=~/}\s*$/ and $line=~/^.\s*else\s*/ and
-						$previndent == $indent) {
-			ERROR("ELSE_AFTER_BRACE",
-			      "else should follow close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
+		if ($prevline=~/}\s*$/ and $line=~/^.\s*else\s*/ &&
+		    $previndent == $indent) {
+			if (ERROR("ELSE_AFTER_BRACE",
+				  "else should follow close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+			    $fix && $prevline =~ /^\+/ && $line =~ /^\+/) {
+				fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
+				fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
+				my $fixedline = $prevrawline;
+				$fixedline =~ s/}\s*$//;
+				if ($fixedline !~ /^\+\s*$/) {
+					fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
+				}
+				$fixedline = $rawline;
+				$fixedline =~ s/^(.\s*)else/$1} else/;
+				fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
+			}
 		}
 
-		if ($prevline=~/}\s*$/ and $line=~/^.\s*while\s*/ and
-						$previndent == $indent) {
+		if ($prevline=~/}\s*$/ and $line=~/^.\s*while\s*/ &&
+		    $previndent == $indent) {
 			my ($s, $c) = ctx_statement_block($linenr, $realcnt, 0);
 
 			# Find out what is on the end of the line after the
@@ -3901,8 +3913,18 @@ sub process {
 			$s =~ s/\n.*//g;
 
 			if ($s =~ /^\s*;/) {
-				ERROR("WHILE_AFTER_BRACE",
-				      "while should follow close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
+				if (ERROR("WHILE_AFTER_BRACE",
+					  "while should follow close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+				    $fix && $prevline =~ /^\+/ && $line =~ /^\+/) {
+					fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
+					fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
+					my $fixedline = $prevrawline;
+					my $trailing = $rawline;
+					$trailing =~ s/^\+//;
+					$trailing = trim($trailing);
+					$fixedline =~ s/}\s*$/} $trailing/;
+					fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
+				}
 			}
 		}