diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 375749e0a174..39032224d504 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ my %verbose_messages = ();
 my %verbose_emitted = ();
 my $tree = 1;
 my $chk_signoff = 1;
+my $chk_fixes_tag = 1;
 my $chk_patch = 1;
 my $tst_only;
 my $emacs = 0;
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ Options:
   -v, --verbose              verbose mode
   --no-tree                  run without a kernel tree
   --no-signoff               do not check for 'Signed-off-by' line
+  --no-fixes-tag             do not check for 'Fixes:' tag
   --patch                    treat FILE as patchfile (default)
   --emacs                    emacs compile window format
   --terse                    one line per report
@@ -295,6 +297,7 @@ GetOptions(
 	'v|verbose!'	=> \$verbose,
 	'tree!'		=> \$tree,
 	'signoff!'	=> \$chk_signoff,
+	'fixes-tag!'	=> \$chk_fixes_tag,
 	'patch!'	=> \$chk_patch,
 	'emacs!'	=> \$emacs,
 	'terse!'	=> \$terse,
@@ -1257,6 +1260,7 @@ sub git_commit_info {
 }
 
 $chk_signoff = 0 if ($file);
+$chk_fixes_tag = 0 if ($file);
 
 my @rawlines = ();
 my @lines = ();
@@ -2636,6 +2640,9 @@ sub process {
 
 	our $clean = 1;
 	my $signoff = 0;
+	my $fixes_tag = 0;
+	my $is_revert = 0;
+	my $needs_fixes_tag = "";
 	my $author = '';
 	my $authorsignoff = 0;
 	my $author_sob = '';
@@ -3189,6 +3196,16 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# These indicate a bug fix
+		if (!$in_header_lines && !$is_patch &&
+			$line =~ /^This reverts commit/) {
+			$is_revert = 1;
+		}
+
+		if (!$in_header_lines && !$is_patch &&
+		    $line =~ /((?:(?:BUG: K.|UB)SAN: |Call Trace:|stable\@|syzkaller))/) {
+			$needs_fixes_tag = $1;
+		}
 
 # Check Fixes: styles is correct
 		if (!$in_header_lines &&
@@ -3201,6 +3218,7 @@ sub process {
 			my $id_length = 1;
 			my $id_case = 1;
 			my $title_has_quotes = 0;
+			$fixes_tag = 1;
 
 			if ($line =~ /(\s*fixes:?)\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})\s+($balanced_parens)/i) {
 				my $tag = $1;
@@ -7697,6 +7715,12 @@ sub process {
 		ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF",
 		      "Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
 	}
+	if ($is_patch && $has_commit_log && $chk_fixes_tag) {
+		if ($needs_fixes_tag ne "" && !$is_revert && !$fixes_tag) {
+			WARN("MISSING_FIXES_TAG",
+				 "The commit message has '$needs_fixes_tag', perhaps it also needs a 'Fixes:' tag?\n");
+		}
+	}
 	if ($is_patch && $has_commit_log && $chk_signoff) {
 		if ($signoff == 0) {
 			ERROR("MISSING_SIGN_OFF",