diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 786017d4d057..41223c946808 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5239,6 +5239,13 @@ sub process {
 			      "#define of '$1' is wrong - use Kconfig variables or standard guards instead\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# likely/unlikely comparisons similar to "(likely(foo) > 0)"
+		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+		    $line =~ /\b((?:un)?likely)\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*\)\s*$Compare/) {
+			WARN("LIKELY_MISUSE",
+			     "Using $1 should generally have parentheses around the comparison\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # whine mightly about in_atomic
 		if ($line =~ /\bin_atomic\s*\(/) {
 			if ($realfile =~ m@^drivers/@) {