diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17637,11 +17637,11 @@ READ-COPY UPDATE (RCU)
 M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
 M:	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> (kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h)
 M:	Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com> (kernel/rcu/tasks.h)
+M:	Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
 M:	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
 R:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
 R:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
 R:	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
-R:	Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
 L:	rcu@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 W:	http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/RCU/