diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 7dacf32f43..8261bcb1ad 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ sub get_maintainers {
 
     if ($email) {
 	if (! $interactive) {
-	    $email_git_fallback = 0 if @email_to > 0 || @list_to > 0 || $email_git || $email_git_blame;
+	    $email_git_fallback = 0 if @email_to > 0 || $email_git || $email_git_blame;
 	    if ($email_git_fallback) {
 	        print STDERR "get_maintainer.pl: No maintainers found, printing recent contributors.\n";
 	        print STDERR "get_maintainer.pl: Do not blindly cc: them on patches!  Use common sense.\n";