diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/test_assert_null.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/test_assert_null.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d66e1ee0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/test_assert_null.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@@
+expression * e;
+@@
+
+(
+- tt_assert(e != NULL)
++ tt_ptr_op(e, OP_NE, NULL)
+|
+- tt_assert(e == NULL)
++ tt_ptr_op(e, OP_EQ, NULL)
+)