diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1e5c3a4ece7b..0bc4d0e3d3b5 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -97,12 +97,13 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
 	   X:	net/ipv6/
 	   matches all files in and below net excluding net/ipv6/
 	K: Keyword perl extended regex pattern to match content in a
-	   patch or file.  For instance:
+	   patch or file, or an affected filename.  For instance:
 	   K: of_get_profile
-	      matches patches or files that contain "of_get_profile"
+	      matches patch or file content, or filenames, that contain
+	      "of_get_profile"
 	   K: \b(printk|pr_(info|err))\b
-	      matches patches or files that contain one or more of the words
-	      printk, pr_info or pr_err
+	      matches patch or file content, or filenames, that contain one or
+	      more of the words printk, pr_info or pr_err
 	   One regex pattern per line.  Multiple K: lines acceptable.
 
 Note: For the hard of thinking, this list is meant to remain in alphabetical
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 18d4ab55606b..ce4cc837b748 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ sub get_maintainers {
 				    $hash{$tvi} = $value_pd;
 				}
 			    }
+			} elsif ($type eq 'K') {
+			    if ($file =~ m/$value/x) {
+				$hash{$tvi} = 0;
+			    }
 			}
 		    }
 		}