diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 989cda91c427..5befd2d714d0 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -2571,6 +2571,11 @@ S: Helstorfer Str. 7
 S: D-30625 Hannover
 S: Germany
 
+N: Ron Minnich
+E: rminnich@sandia.gov
+E: rminnich@gmail.com
+D: 9p filesystem development
+
 N: Corey Minyard
 E: minyard@wf-rch.cirr.com
 E: minyard@mvista.com
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 3d08725527aa..6f6b1943061e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ F:	drivers/net/ethernet/8390/
 
 9P FILE SYSTEM
 M:	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
-M:	Ron Minnich <rminnich@sandia.gov>
 M:	Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
 L:	v9fs-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
 W:	http://swik.net/v9fs