diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 32ee70a7562eec7345e98841473abb438379a4fd..c741455498a408fdaa60e9bc69ef18eb5ef7a593 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -1942,6 +1942,10 @@ S: Post Office Box 611311
 S: San Jose, California 95161-1311
 S: USA
 
+N: Hartmut Knaack
+E: knaack.h@gmx.de
+D: IIO subsystem and drivers
+
 N: Thorsten Knabe
 E: Thorsten Knabe <tek@rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
 E: Thorsten Knabe <tek01@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de>
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0e4fe7d2cec7568740a3450e02285cc4f8dfc59c..950e1d657411248633fe94169682ba4019b1769f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8451,7 +8451,6 @@ F:	drivers/iio/multiplexer/iio-mux.c
 
 IIO SUBSYSTEM AND DRIVERS
 M:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
-R:	Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@gmx.de>
 R:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
 R:	Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>
 L:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org