diff --git c/top/maint.mk w/top/maint.mk
index 9c02ed4..d5bb427 100644
--- c/top/maint.mk
+++ w/top/maint.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This Makefile fragment tries to be general-purpose enough to be
 # used by many projects via the gnulib maintainer-makefile module.

-## Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ## This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ sc_prohibit_root_dev_ino_without_use:

 sc_prohibit_openat_without_use:
 	@h='openat.h' \
-	re='\<(openat_(permissive|needs_fchdir|(save|restore)_fail)|l?(stat|ch(own|mod))at|(euid)?accessat)\>' \
+	re='\<(openat_(permissive|needs_fchdir|(save|restore)_fail)|l?(stat|ch(own|mod))at|(euid)?accessat|(FCHMOD|FCHOWN|STAT)AT_INLINE)\>' \
 	  $(_sc_header_without_use)

 # Prohibit the inclusion of c-ctype.h without an actual use.
@@ -1395,8 +1395,8 @@ public-submodule-commit:
 		&& git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then			\
 	  cd $(srcdir) &&						\
 	  git submodule --quiet foreach					\
-	      test '"$$(git rev-parse "$$sha1")"'			\
-	      = '"$$(git merge-base origin "$$sha1")"'			\
+	      'test "$$(git rev-parse "$$sha1")"			\
+		  = "$$(git merge-base origin "$$sha1")"'		\
 	    || { echo '$(ME): found non-public submodule commit' >&2;	\
 		 exit 1; };						\
 	else								\