diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a6d436809bf5..93a7edfe0f05 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6639,6 +6639,12 @@ sub process {
 				     "unknown module license " . $extracted_string . "\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
+
+# check for sysctl duplicate constants
+		if ($line =~ /\.extra[12]\s*=\s*&(zero|one|int_max)\b/) {
+			WARN("DUPLICATED_SYSCTL_CONST",
+				"duplicated sysctl range checking value '$1', consider using the shared one in include/linux/sysctl.h\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
 	}
 
 	# If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on