diff --git a/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 703fa06c6..50fffc175 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ sub process {
 
 			#print "line<$line> prevline<$prevline> indent<$indent> sindent<$sindent> check<$check> continuation<$continuation> s<$s> cond_lines<$cond_lines> stat_real<$stat_real> stat<$stat>\n";
 
-			if ($check && (($sindent % 8) != 0 ||
+			if ($check && (($sindent % 4) != 0 ||
 			    ($sindent <= $indent && $s ne ''))) {
 				WARN("SUSPECT_CODE_INDENT",
 				     "suspect code indent for conditional statements ($indent, $sindent)\n" . $herecurr . "$stat_real\n");