diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/get-codeowners.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/get-codeowners.sh
index 3bd3c2f3edb5..8d84b99e7787 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/get-codeowners.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/get-codeowners.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ get_component_type() {
 }
 
 get_codeowners() {
-  echo "$((grep -m 1 "^${1}/\s" .github/CODEOWNERS || true) | \
+  # grep arguments explained:
+  #   -m 1: Match the first occurrence
+  #   ^: Match from the beginning of the line
+  #   ${1}: Insert first argument given to this function
+  #   [\/]\?: Match 0 or 1 instances of a forward slash
+  #   \s: Match any whitespace character
+  echo "$((grep -m 1 "^${1}[\/]\?\s" .github/CODEOWNERS || true) | \
         sed 's/   */ /g' | \
         cut -f3- -d ' ')"
 }
@@ -24,20 +30,11 @@ if [[ -z "${COMPONENT:-}" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# grep exits with status code 1 if there are no matches,
-# so we manually set RESULT to 0 if nothing is found.
-RESULT=$(grep -c "${COMPONENT}" .github/CODEOWNERS || true)
+OWNERS="$(get_codeowners "${COMPONENT}")"
 
-# there may be more than 1 component matching a label
-# if so, try to narrow things down by appending the component
-# or a forward slash to the label.
-if [[ ${RESULT} != 1 ]]; then
+if [[ -z "${OWNERS:-}" ]]; then
     COMPONENT_TYPE=$(get_component_type "${COMPONENT}")
     OWNERS="$(get_codeowners "${COMPONENT}${COMPONENT_TYPE}")"
 fi
 
-if [[ -z "${OWNERS:-}" ]]; then
-    OWNERS="$(get_codeowners "${COMPONENT}")"
-fi
-
 echo "${OWNERS}"