diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 F:	drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
 
 8169 10/100/1000 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER
+M:	Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@realtek.com>
 M:	Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained