diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e16c79e6b2a7..add418ba8178 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: db1aecafef58b5dda39c4228debe2c845e4a27ab
+refs/heads/master: ed128fea3bcbce728c9c81b2e45ec3921911bfb6
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/trunk/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 4594f3341051..f32a04c4c5bc 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     "execute_cmd" => \&git_execute_cmd,
     "available" => '(which("git") ne "") && (-d ".git")',
     "find_signers_cmd" =>
-	"git log --no-color --since=\$email_git_since " .
+	"git log --no-color --follow --since=\$email_git_since " .
 	    '--format="GitCommit: %H%n' .
 		      'GitAuthor: %an <%ae>%n' .
 		      'GitDate: %aD%n' .