diff --git a/src/main/java/io/fd/maintainer/plugin/events/OnPatchsetVerifiedListener.java b/src/main/java/io/fd/maintainer/plugin/events/OnPatchsetVerifiedListener.java
index b430e43..194d626 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/fd/maintainer/plugin/events/OnPatchsetVerifiedListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/fd/maintainer/plugin/events/OnPatchsetVerifiedListener.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package io.fd.maintainer.plugin.events;
 
 import static io.fd.maintainer.plugin.service.PatchsetReviewInfo.ReviewState.ALL_COMPONENTS_REVIEWED;
+import static io.fd.maintainer.plugin.service.PatchsetReviewInfo.ReviewState.COMMITTER_ATTENTION_NEEDED;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
@@ -152,7 +153,11 @@
                             } else {
                                 LOG.warn("Auto submit turned off");
                             }
-                        } else {
+                        } else if (patchsetReviewInfo.getReviewState() == COMMITTER_ATTENTION_NEEDED) {
+                            LOG.info("Patchset {} affects no configured components, committers attention needed",
+                                    currentPatchset.getId());
+                        }
+                        else {
                             LOG.info(
                                     "Patchset {} does not have verifications from following components yet : {}",
                                     currentPatchset.getId(), patchsetReviewInfo.getMissingComponentReview());
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/fd/maintainer/plugin/service/PatchsetReviewInfo.java b/src/main/java/io/fd/maintainer/plugin/service/PatchsetReviewInfo.java
index ff3e08c..f43522f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/fd/maintainer/plugin/service/PatchsetReviewInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/fd/maintainer/plugin/service/PatchsetReviewInfo.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package io.fd.maintainer.plugin.service;
 
+import static io.fd.maintainer.plugin.service.PatchsetReviewInfo.ReviewState.COMMITTER_ATTENTION_NEEDED;
+
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.PatchList;
 import io.fd.maintainer.plugin.parser.ComponentPath;
@@ -51,6 +53,14 @@
                 .map(index::getComponentForPath)
                 .filter(index::isReviewComponent)
                 .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+        // no components detected, do nothing
+        if (componentsForPatchlist.isEmpty()) {
+            reviewState = COMMITTER_ATTENTION_NEEDED;
+            missingComponentReview = Collections.emptySet();
+            return;
+        }
+
         final Set<String> componentsCurrentlyReviewed = currentVerificationAuthors.stream()
                 .map(account -> index.getComponentsForMaintainer(account.getFullName()))
                 .flatMap(Collection::stream)
@@ -77,6 +87,7 @@
 
     public enum ReviewState {
         ALL_COMPONENTS_REVIEWED,
-        MISSING_COMPONENT_REVIEW;
+        MISSING_COMPONENT_REVIEW,
+        COMMITTER_ATTENTION_NEEDED;// case when patchset does not contain any files under specified components
     }
 }