diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 63f53feefa0ae..96660c63f5b9a 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -1204,6 +1204,10 @@ S: Dreisbachstrasse 24
 S: D-57250 Netphen
 S: Germany
 
+N: Florian Fainelli
+E: f.fainelli@gmail.com
+D: DSA
+
 N: Rik Faith
 E: faith@acm.org
 D: Future Domain TMC-16x0 SCSI driver (author)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a274079502426..8dca600d69fd4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -16028,7 +16028,6 @@ F:	drivers/net/wireless/
 
 NETWORKING [DSA]
 M:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
-M:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
 M:	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/