diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/maintainers_include.py b/Documentation/sphinx/maintainers_include.py
index f1b8d4b00c2a..948746b998a3 100755
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/maintainers_include.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/maintainers_include.py
@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ class MaintainersParser:
             match = re.match(r"P:\s*(Documentation/\S+)\.rst", line)
             if match:
                 fname = os.path.relpath(match.group(1), base_path)
-                if fname not in self.profiles:
+                if fname.startswith("../"):
                     if self.profiles.get(fname) is None:
                         self.profiles[fname] = subsystem_name
                     else:
                         self.profiles[fname] += f", {subsystem_name}"
+                else:
+                    self.profiles[fname] = None
 
             match = re.match(r"P:\s*(https?://.*)", line)
             if match: