diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index a7ea8e343836fb47fd82ef624d77c630ba199df2..d78359f5f64d7e581110166f9a2a7ecd410abc46 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -518,6 +518,14 @@ N: Zach Brown
 E: zab@zabbo.net
 D: maestro pci sound
 
+M: David Brownell
+D: Kernel engineer, mentor, and friend.  Maintained USB EHCI and
+D: gadget layers, SPI subsystem, GPIO subsystem, and more than a few
+D: device drivers.  His encouragement also helped many engineers get
+D: started working on the Linux kernel.  David passed away in early
+D: 2011, and will be greatly missed.
+W: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/5/36
+
 N: Gary Brubaker
 E: xavyer@ix.netcom.com
 D: USB Serial Empeg Empeg-car Mark I/II Driver
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 29801f760b6ff59c74a7e94ae05210ee437bfc8e..fb0294919adce8feddb620ad936ce64bdb694ac0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4252,8 +4252,7 @@ F:	drivers/mmc/
 F:	include/linux/mmc/
 
 MULTIMEDIA CARD (MMC) ETC. OVER SPI
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
-S:	Odd Fixes
+S:	Orphan
 F:	drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
 F:	include/linux/spi/mmc_spi.h
 
@@ -4603,7 +4602,6 @@ F:	drivers/media/video/omap3isp/*
 
 OMAP USB SUPPORT
 M:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
 L:	linux-omap@vger.kernel.org
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/balbi/usb.git
@@ -5984,7 +5982,6 @@ F:	Documentation/serial/specialix.txt
 F:	drivers/staging/tty/specialix*
 
 SPI SUBSYSTEM
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 M:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
 L:	spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net
 Q:	http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/spi-devel-general/list/
@@ -6432,9 +6429,8 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/usb/misc/rio500*
 
 USB EHCI DRIVER
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Odd Fixes
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/usb/ehci.txt
 F:	drivers/usb/host/ehci*
 
@@ -6448,10 +6444,9 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/media/video/et61x251/
 
 USB GADGET/PERIPHERAL SUBSYSTEM
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
 W:	http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 F:	drivers/usb/gadget/
 F:	include/linux/usb/gadget*
 
@@ -6492,9 +6487,8 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	sound/usb/midi.*
 
 USB OHCI DRIVER
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Odd Fixes
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/usb/ohci.txt
 F:	drivers/usb/host/ohci*