diff --git a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
index d75d6559ce..b1cb5249a2 100755
--- a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6080,18 +6080,18 @@ sub process {
 		if ($line =~ /(\(\s*$C90_int_types\s*\)\s*)($Constant)\b/) {
 			my $cast = $1;
 			my $const = $2;
+			my $suffix = "";
+			my $newconst = $const;
+			$newconst =~ s/${Int_type}$//;
+			$suffix .= 'U' if ($cast =~ /\bunsigned\b/);
+			if ($cast =~ /\blong\s+long\b/) {
+			    $suffix .= 'LL';
+			} elsif ($cast =~ /\blong\b/) {
+			    $suffix .= 'L';
+			}
 			if (WARN("TYPECAST_INT_CONSTANT",
-				 "Unnecessary typecast of c90 int constant\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				 "Unnecessary typecast of c90 int constant - '$cast$const' could be '$const$suffix'\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
-				my $suffix = "";
-				my $newconst = $const;
-				$newconst =~ s/${Int_type}$//;
-				$suffix .= 'U' if ($cast =~ /\bunsigned\b/);
-				if ($cast =~ /\blong\s+long\b/) {
-					$suffix .= 'LL';
-				} elsif ($cast =~ /\blong\b/) {
-					$suffix .= 'L';
-				}
 				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$cast\E$const\b/$newconst$suffix/;
 			}
 		}