diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 48677d61c97b..438d85bb97a2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -16642,6 +16642,22 @@ F:	include/net/tls.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/tls.h
 F:	net/tls/*
 
+NETWORKING [SOCKETS]
+M:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
+M:	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
+M:	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
+M:	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
+S:	Maintained
+F:	include/linux/sock_diag.h
+F:	include/linux/socket.h
+F:	include/linux/sockptr.h
+F:	include/net/sock.h
+F:	include/net/sock_reuseport.h
+F:	include/uapi/linux/socket.h
+F:	net/core/*sock*
+F:	net/core/scm.c
+F:	net/socket.c
+
 NETXEN (1/10) GbE SUPPORT
 M:	Manish Chopra <manishc@marvell.com>
 M:	Rahul Verma <rahulv@marvell.com>