diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f679152bdbad..cd569d35d55c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4718,7 +4718,6 @@ L:	keyrings@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
 F:	certs/
-F:	scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk
 F:	scripts/sign-file.c
 F:	tools/certs/
 
diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile
index 88a73b28d254..854647dbce05 100644
--- a/certs/Makefile
+++ b/certs/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CFLAGS_blacklist_hashes.o := -I $(obj)
 
 quiet_cmd_check_and_copy_blacklist_hash_list = GEN     $@
       cmd_check_and_copy_blacklist_hash_list = \
-	$(AWK) -f $(srctree)/scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk $(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST) >&2; \
+	$(AWK) -f $(srctree)/$(src)/check-blacklist-hashes.awk $(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST) >&2; \
 	cat $(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST) > $@
 
 $(obj)/blacklist_hash_list: $(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST) FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk b/certs/check-blacklist-hashes.awk
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/check-blacklist-hashes.awk
rename to certs/check-blacklist-hashes.awk