diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 3920a9100e..ce19f14c05 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ esphome/components/sn74hc165/* @jesserockz
 esphome/components/socket/* @esphome/core
 esphome/components/sonoff_d1/* @anatoly-savchenkov
 esphome/components/speaker/* @jesserockz
-esphome/components/spi/* @esphome/core
+esphome/components/spi/* @clydebarrow @esphome/core
 esphome/components/spi_device/* @clydebarrow
 esphome/components/spi_led_strip/* @clydebarrow
 esphome/components/sprinkler/* @kbx81
diff --git a/esphome/components/max7219/max7219.cpp b/esphome/components/max7219/max7219.cpp
index 38b4a165cb..b08723f1d4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/max7219/max7219.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/max7219/max7219.cpp
@@ -217,10 +217,7 @@ uint8_t MAX7219Component::printf(const char *format, ...) {
   return 0;
 }
 void MAX7219Component::set_writer(max7219_writer_t &&writer) { this->writer_ = writer; }
-void MAX7219Component::set_intensity(uint8_t intensity) {
-  this->intensity_ = intensity;
-  this->send_to_all_(MAX7219_REGISTER_INTENSITY, this->intensity_);
-}
+void MAX7219Component::set_intensity(uint8_t intensity) { this->intensity_ = intensity; }
 void MAX7219Component::set_num_chips(uint8_t num_chips) { this->num_chips_ = num_chips; }
 
 uint8_t MAX7219Component::strftime(uint8_t pos, const char *format, ESPTime time) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/spi/__init__.py b/esphome/components/spi/__init__.py
index 79e7a5b034..a5aa610462 100644
--- a/esphome/components/spi/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/spi/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
 )
 from esphome.core import coroutine_with_priority, CORE
 
-CODEOWNERS = ["@esphome/core"]
+CODEOWNERS = ["@esphome/core", "@clydebarrow"]
 spi_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("spi")
 SPIComponent = spi_ns.class_("SPIComponent", cg.Component)
 SPIDevice = spi_ns.class_("SPIDevice")
diff --git a/esphome/components/spi/spi.h b/esphome/components/spi/spi.h
index 56aa746fc9..107ffb7cb5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/spi/spi.h
+++ b/esphome/components/spi/spi.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ class SPIDelegateDummy : public SPIDelegate {
   SPIDelegateDummy() = default;
 
   uint8_t transfer(uint8_t data) override { return 0; }
+  void end_transaction() override{};
 
   void begin_transaction() override;
 };