diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 807d3c9c4..1e5108b2d 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ sc_prohibit_readlink:
 	msg='do not use readlink(at); use via xreadlink or areadlink*'	\
 	  $(_prohibit_regexp)
 
+# Don't use address of "stat" or "lstat" functions
+sc_prohibit_stat_macro_address:
+	@re='\<l?stat '':|&l?stat\>'					\
+	msg='stat() and lstat() may be function-like macros'		\
+	  $(_prohibit_regexp)
+
 # Ensure that date's --help output stays in sync with the info
 # documentation for GNU strftime.  The only exception is %N,
 # which date accepts but GNU strftime does not.
diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index 4f75c1919..197a8faec 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
     {
        /* Which stat to use depends on whether linkat will follow the
           symlink.  We can't use the shorter
-          (logical ? stat : lstat) (source, &source_stats)
+          (logical?stat:lstat) (source, &source_stats)
           since stat might be a function-like macro.  */
       if ((logical ? stat (source, &source_stats)
            : lstat (source, &source_stats))
diff --git a/src/stat.c b/src/stat.c
index d3e16d705..ae5491154 100644
--- a/src/stat.c
+++ b/src/stat.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ do_stat (char const *filename, bool terse, char const *format)
         }
     }
   /* We can't use the shorter
-     (follow_links ? stat : lstat) (filename, &statbug)
+     (follow_links?stat:lstat) (filename, &statbug)
      since stat might be a function-like macro.  */
   else if ((follow_links
             ? stat (filename, &statbuf)
diff --git a/src/touch.c b/src/touch.c
index d44bd2739..11d73ce6c 100644
--- a/src/touch.c
+++ b/src/touch.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   if (use_ref)
     {
       struct stat ref_stats;
-      /* Don't use (no_dereference ? lstat : stat) (args), since stat
+      /* Don't use (no_dereference?lstat:stat) (args), since stat
          might be an object-like macro.  */
       if (no_dereference ? lstat (ref_file, &ref_stats)
           : stat (ref_file, &ref_stats))