diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index da330b3ce140..7cbe6e72e363 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -874,14 +874,18 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file {
 	}
 }
 
+our %maintained_status = ();
+
 sub is_maintained_obsolete {
 	my ($filename) = @_;
 
 	return 0 if (!$tree || !(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl"));
 
-	my $status = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback -f $filename 2>&1`;
+	if (!exists($maintained_status{$filename})) {
+		$maintained_status{$filename} = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback -f $filename 2>&1`;
+	}
 
-	return $status =~ /obsolete/i;
+	return $maintained_status{$filename} =~ /obsolete/i;
 }
 
 sub is_SPDX_License_valid {