diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1ae2625eba5358c00f6fa60da4e1b282c48339ca..29f69d1f42b1f959ce017814d46b817b4c0b0507 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -15487,7 +15487,7 @@ F:	drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
 F:	drivers/net/phy/sfp*
 F:	include/linux/phylink.h
 F:	include/linux/sfp.h
-K:	phylink
+K:	phylink\.h|struct\s+phylink|\.phylink|>phylink_|phylink_(autoneg|clear|connect|create|destroy|disconnect|ethtool|helper|mac|mii|of|set|start|stop|test|validate)
 
 SGI GRU DRIVER
 M:	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>