diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index d8fe12a..2346b09 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -1823,6 +1823,11 @@
 S: D-64295
 S: Germany
 
+N: Avi Kivity
+E: avi.kivity@gmail.com
+D: Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
+S: Ra'annana, Israel
+
 N: Andi Kleen
 E: andi@firstfloor.org
 U: http://www.halobates.de
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index bb0b27db..6b5b0b7 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4280,7 +4280,6 @@
 F:	include/linux/sunrpc/
 
 KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE (KVM)
-M:	Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
 M:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
 L:	kvm@vger.kernel.org
 W:	http://kvm.qumranet.com