diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a8b919cca..2aeed080b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ matrix:
                       - binutils-mingw-w64-i686 gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686
 
 script:
-    - set -o pipefail
-    - git diff `git merge-base master HEAD` | ./tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl -
+    # Ideally we'd diff back to where we either branched off OpenOCD or master,
+    # or riscv. But that's tricky, and the default git clone only gets the last
+    # 50 changes any case. Most merges won't consist of more than 40 changes,
+    # so this should work fine most of the time, and be a lot better than not
+    # checking at all.
+    - git diff HEAD~40 | ./tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl --no-signoff -
     - ./bootstrap && ./configure --enable-remote-bitbang --enable-jtag_vpi $CONFIGURE_ARGS && make
     - file src/$EXECUTABLE
diff --git a/src/target/riscv/riscv-011.c b/src/target/riscv/riscv-011.c
index b450d2b0f..4322f7b63 100644
--- a/src/target/riscv/riscv-011.c
+++ b/src/target/riscv/riscv-011.c
@@ -455,12 +455,12 @@ static uint64_t dbus_read(struct target *target, uint16_t address)
 	uint64_t value;
 	dbus_status_t status;
 	uint16_t address_in;
-	
+
 	/* If the previous read/write was to the same address, we will get the read data
 	 * from the previous access.
 	 * While somewhat nonintuitive, this is an efficient way to get the data.
 	 */
-	
+
 	unsigned i = 0;
 	do {
 		status = dbus_scan(target, &address_in, &value, DBUS_OP_READ, address, 0);
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static bits_t read_bits(struct target *target)
 				}
 				increase_dbus_busy_delay(target);
 			} else if (status == DBUS_STATUS_FAILED) {
-				// TODO: return an actual error
+				/* TODO: return an actual error */
 				return err_result;
 			}
 		} while (status == DBUS_STATUS_BUSY && i++ < 256);
diff --git a/src/target/riscv/riscv-013.c b/src/target/riscv/riscv-013.c
index 85d0ca966..f39aa7040 100644
--- a/src/target/riscv/riscv-013.c
+++ b/src/target/riscv/riscv-013.c
@@ -250,9 +250,8 @@ static dm013_info_t *get_dm(struct target *target)
 	info->dm = dm;
 	target_list_t *target_entry;
 	list_for_each_entry(target_entry, &dm->target_list, list) {
-		if (target_entry->target == target) {
+		if (target_entry->target == target)
 			return dm;
-		}
 	}
 	target_entry = calloc(1, sizeof(*target_entry));
 	target_entry->target = target;
@@ -1781,19 +1780,16 @@ static int sb_write_address(struct target *target, target_addr_t address)
 	RISCV013_INFO(info);
 	unsigned sbasize = get_field(info->sbcs, DMI_SBCS_SBASIZE);
 	/* There currently is no support for >64-bit addresses in OpenOCD. */
-	if (sbasize > 96) {
+	if (sbasize > 96)
 		dmi_write(target, DMI_SBADDRESS3, 0);
-	}
-	if (sbasize > 64) {
+	if (sbasize > 64)
 		dmi_write(target, DMI_SBADDRESS2, 0);
-	}
-	if (sbasize > 32) {
+	if (sbasize > 32)
 #if BUILD_TARGET64
 		dmi_write(target, DMI_SBADDRESS1, address >> 32);
 #else
 		dmi_write(target, DMI_SBADDRESS1, 0);
 #endif
-	}
 	return dmi_write(target, DMI_SBADDRESS0, address);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/target/riscv/riscv.c b/src/target/riscv/riscv.c
index 97605c006..042529477 100644
--- a/src/target/riscv/riscv.c
+++ b/src/target/riscv/riscv.c
@@ -1125,16 +1125,14 @@ int riscv_openocd_resume(
 		while (watchpoint && result == ERROR_OK) {
 			LOG_DEBUG("watchpoint %d: set=%d", i, watchpoint->set);
 			trigger_temporarily_cleared[i] = watchpoint->set;
-			if (watchpoint->set) {
+			if (watchpoint->set)
 				result = riscv_remove_watchpoint(target, watchpoint);
-			}
 			watchpoint = watchpoint->next;
 			i++;
 		}
 
-		if (result == ERROR_OK) {
+		if (result == ERROR_OK)
 			result = riscv_step_rtos_hart(target);
-		}
 
 		watchpoint = target->watchpoints;
 		i = 0;
@@ -1256,7 +1254,7 @@ COMMAND_HANDLER(riscv_set_scratch_ram)
 		return ERROR_OK;
 	}
 
-	/** TODO: use COMMAND_PARSE_NUMBER **/
+	/* TODO: use COMMAND_PARSE_NUMBER */
 	long long unsigned int address;
 	int result = sscanf(CMD_ARGV[0], "%llx", &address);
 	if (result != (int) strlen(CMD_ARGV[0])) {