diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/.gitignore b/drivers/staging/greybus/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index faf45ee4dafd..000000000000
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-.*
-*.cmd
-*.ko
-*.mod.c
-modules.order
-Module.symvers
-*.o
-*.o.*
-*.swp
-.tmp_versions
-tags
-cscope.*
-ncscope.*
-*.patch
-tools/loopback_test
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/tools/.gitignore b/drivers/staging/greybus/tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..023654c83068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+loopback_test