diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7026895074..12e9028b10 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ sub process {
 			$is_patch = 1;
 		}
 
-		if ($line =~ /^(Author|From): .* via .*<qemu-devel\@nongnu.org>/) {
+		if ($line =~ /^(Author|From): .* via .*<qemu-\w+\@nongnu\.org>/) {
 		    ERROR("Author email address is mangled by the mailing list\n" . $herecurr);
 		}