1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index f76f3d13276d..6f97a13bcee4 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
         my $file_cnt = @files;
         my $lastfile;
 
-        open(my $patch, '<', $file)
+        open(my $patch, "< $file")
             or die "$P: Can't open $file: $!\n";
         while (<$patch>) {
             my $patch_line = $_;