diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index aa71ab52fd76d..46850241234c9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3399,8 +3399,8 @@ M:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
 M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git
 S:	Supported
-F:	drivers/char/*
-F:	drivers/misc/*
+F:	drivers/char/
+F:	drivers/misc/
 F:	include/linux/miscdevice.h
 
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