diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index fdc0119963e7..78a1ee4710a8 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2859,7 +2859,9 @@ F:	include/linux/firewire*.h
 F:	tools/firewire/
 
 FIRMWARE LOADER (request_firmware)
-S:	Orphan
+M:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
+L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
+S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/firmware_class/
 F:	drivers/base/firmware*.c
 F:	include/linux/firmware.h