diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2ecaaec6a6bf..0cd4a050bc84 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8165,6 +8165,7 @@ F:	include/uapi/scsi/fc/
 FILE LOCKING (flock() and fcntl()/lockf())
 M:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
 M:	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
+R:	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
 L:	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	fs/fcntl.c