diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 02fa828100..00a0870b26 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ sub get_subsystem_name {
     if (length($subsystem) > 20) {
 	$subsystem = substr($subsystem, 0, 17);
 	$subsystem =~ s/\s*$//;
+	$subsystem =~ s/[()]//g;
 	$subsystem = $subsystem . "...";
     }
     return $subsystem;