$herecurr) if (!$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*$/) {
                            "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)) {
                }
 
 # 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)
 #