diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8133cefb6b6e..f136c296c421 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -11165,6 +11165,7 @@ F:	sound/soc/codecs/wm*
 
 WORKQUEUE
 M:	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
+R:	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git
 S:	Maintained
 F:	include/linux/workqueue.h