diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2e40f64..ec9bbf8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1962,6 +1962,18 @@
 			$rpt_cleaners = 1;
 		}
 
+# Check for FSF mailing addresses.
+		if ($rawline =~ /You should have received a copy/ ||
+		    $rawline =~ /write to the Free Software/ ||
+		    $rawline =~ /59 Temple Place/ ||
+		    $rawline =~ /51 Franklin Street/) {
+			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
+			my $msg_type = \&ERROR;
+			$msg_type = \&CHK if ($file);
+			&{$msg_type}("FSF_MAILING_ADDRESS",
+				"Do not include the paragraph about writing to the Free Software Foundation's mailing address from the sample GPL notice. The FSF has changed addresses in the past, and may do so again. Linux already includes a copy of the GPL.\n" . $herevet)
+		}
+
 # check for Kconfig help text having a real description
 # Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have
 # sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough.