diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1f84e3ae2c6a..005ee98a59f3 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ F: include/sysemu/balloon.h
 
 virtio-9p
 M: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
-R: Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>
+M: Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>
 S: Odd Fixes
 F: hw/9pfs/
 X: hw/9pfs/xen-9p*