diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/test_after_assert.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/test_after_assert.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30596a89c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/test_after_assert.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+@@
+identifier i;
+@@
+
+assert(i);
+- if (!i)
+-   return ...;