1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0ea2a1e24ade..464dcef79b35 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ sub seed_camelcase_includes {
 
         $camelcase_seeded = 1;
 
-        if (-d ".git") {
+        if (-e ".git") {
                 my $git_last_include_commit = `git log --no-merges --pretty=format:"%h%n" -1 -- include`;
                 chomp $git_last_include_commit;
                 $camelcase_cache = ".checkpatch-camelcase.git.$git_last_include_commit";
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ sub seed_camelcase_includes {
                 return;
         }
 
-        if (-d ".git") {
+        if (-e ".git") {
                 $files = `git ls-files "include/*.h"`;
                 @include_files = split('\n', $files);
         }