diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 2a3fbcd229e6..93eef509fcf4 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -1944,6 +1944,11 @@ E: kraxel@bytesex.org
 E: kraxel@suse.de
 D: video4linux, bttv, vesafb, some scsi, misc fixes
 
+N: Hans J. Koch
+D: USERSPACE I/O, MAX6650
+D: Hans passed away in June 2016, and will be greatly missed.
+W: https://lwn.net/Articles/691000/
+
 N: Harald Koenig
 E: koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
 D: XFree86 (S3), DCF77, some kernel hacks and fixes
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a306795a7450..cccbb1c9e156 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7426,9 +7426,8 @@ F:	Documentation/hwmon/max20751
 F:	drivers/hwmon/max20751.c
 
 MAX6650 HARDWARE MONITOR AND FAN CONTROLLER DRIVER
-M:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@hansjkoch.de>
 L:	linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/hwmon/max6650
 F:	drivers/hwmon/max6650.c
 
@@ -12360,7 +12359,6 @@ F:	fs/hostfs/
 F:	fs/hppfs/
 
 USERSPACE I/O (UIO)
-M:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@hansjkoch.de>
 M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 S:	Maintained
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git