diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index ccb412a74725703f98d37b99b63523cdcbe011b2..3870c8a0198770ec7637174b2cb4c2aa0a403608 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -7198,6 +7198,17 @@ sub process {
 			     "Using $1 should generally have parentheses around the comparison\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# return sysfs_emit(foo, fmt, ...) fmt without newline
+		if ($line =~ /\breturn\s+sysfs_emit\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*($String)/ &&
+		    substr($rawline, $-[6], $+[6] - $-[6]) !~ /\\n"$/) {
+			my $offset = $+[6] - 1;
+			if (WARN("SYSFS_EMIT",
+				 "return sysfs_emit(...) formats should include a terminating newline\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				substr($fixed[$fixlinenr], $offset, 0) = '\\n';
+			}
+		}
+
 # nested likely/unlikely calls
 		if ($line =~ /\b(?:(?:un)?likely)\s*\(\s*!?\s*(IS_ERR(?:_OR_NULL|_VALUE)?|WARN)/) {
 			WARN("LIKELY_MISUSE",