diff --git a/scripts/patchtest-send-results b/scripts/patchtest-send-results
index 1df81f943a..71b73f0940 100755
--- a/scripts/patchtest-send-results
+++ b/scripts/patchtest-send-results
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ subject_line = f"Patchtest results for {mbox_subject}"
 
 # extract the submitter email address and use it as the reply address
 # for the results
-reply_address = re.findall("<(.*)>", mbox[0]['from'])[0]
+reply_address = mbox[0]['from']
 
 # extract the message ID and use that as the in-reply-to address
 in_reply_to = re.findall("<(.*)>", mbox[0]['Message-ID'])[0]