diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9f651bc..0c20f03 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2601,20 +2601,6 @@
 				$herecurr) if (!$emitted_corrupt++);
 		}
 
-# Check for absolute kernel paths.
-		if ($tree) {
-			while ($line =~ m{(?:^|\s)(/\S*)}g) {
-				my $file = $1;
-
-				if ($file =~ m{^(.*?)(?::\d+)+:?$} &&
-				    check_absolute_file($1, $herecurr)) {
-					#
-				} else {
-					check_absolute_file($file, $herecurr);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 # UTF-8 regex found at http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-forms-utf-8.en.php
 		if (($realfile =~ /^$/ || $line =~ /^\+/) &&
 		    $rawline !~ m/^$UTF8*$/) {
@@ -2652,6 +2638,20 @@
 			    "8-bit UTF-8 used in possible commit log\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# Check for absolute kernel paths in commit message
+		if ($tree && $in_commit_log) {
+			while ($line =~ m{(?:^|\s)(/\S*)}g) {
+				my $file = $1;
+
+				if ($file =~ m{^(.*?)(?::\d+)+:?$} &&
+				    check_absolute_file($1, $herecurr)) {
+					#
+				} else {
+					check_absolute_file($file, $herecurr);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 # Check for various typo / spelling mistakes
 		if (defined($misspellings) &&
 		    ($in_commit_log || $line =~ /^(?:\+|Subject:)/i)) {
@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@
 		}
 
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
-		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
+		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
 
 # line length limit (with some exclusions)
 #