diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 8b673dd4627fb20f4ab16a8af6de9524bd84a426..18d4ab55606bcb1ee41d2b7d0cb32afbf06163d9 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
 
 	while (<$patch>) {
 	    my $patch_line = $_;
-	    if (m/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/) {
+	    if (m/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/ or m/^---\s+(\S+)/) {
 		my $filename = $1;
 		$filename =~ s@^[^/]*/@@;
 		$filename =~ s@\n@@;