2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 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);
         }
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 9c3986f4140c..41987885bd31 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ my %VCS_cmds;
 
 my %VCS_cmds_git = (
     "execute_cmd" => \&git_execute_cmd,
-    "available" => '(which("git") ne "") && (-d ".git")',
+    "available" => '(which("git") ne "") && (-e ".git")',
     "find_signers_cmd" =>
         "git log --no-color --follow --since=\$email_git_since " .
             '--numstat --no-merges ' .