diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 0948c6b5a321..8b673dd4627f 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ push(@signature_tags, "Signed-off-by:");
 push(@signature_tags, "Reviewed-by:");
 push(@signature_tags, "Acked-by:");
 
+my $signature_pattern = "\(" . join("|", @signature_tags) . "\)";
+
 # rfc822 email address - preloaded methods go here.
 my $rfc822_lwsp = "(?:(?:\\r\\n)?[ \\t])";
 my $rfc822_char = '[\\000-\\377]';
@@ -473,7 +475,6 @@ my @subsystem = ();
 my @status = ();
 my %deduplicate_name_hash = ();
 my %deduplicate_address_hash = ();
-my $signature_pattern;
 
 my @maintainers = get_maintainers();