diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7e0b87d5aa2e..84ec0281ff9b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5885,7 +5885,7 @@ S:	Orphan
 F:	drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali*
 
 DESIGNWARE EDMA CORE IP DRIVER
-M:	Gustavo Pimentel <gustavo.pimentel@synopsys.com>
+R:	Gustavo Pimentel <gustavo.pimentel@synopsys.com>
 L:	dmaengine@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/dma/dw-edma/