diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 97f51d5ec1cf..79e7d727022a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -20426,7 +20426,7 @@ F:	drivers/pinctrl/spear/
 SPI NOR SUBSYSTEM
 M:	Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@linaro.org>
 M:	Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
-R:	Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
+M:	Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
 L:	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
 S:	Maintained
 W:	http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/