diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index ce8eae8c5aa4..9add7e6a4fa0 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -1288,6 +1288,10 @@ D: Major kbuild rework during the 2.5 cycle
 D: ISDN Maintainer
 S: USA
 
+N: Gerrit Renker
+E: gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk
+D: DCCP protocol support.
+
 N: Philip Gladstone
 E: philip@gladstonefamily.net
 D: Kernel / timekeeping stuff
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 18e75e29c672..2a6dc5bfa08c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4920,9 +4920,8 @@ F:	Documentation/scsi/dc395x.rst
 F:	drivers/scsi/dc395x.*
 
 DCCP PROTOCOL
-M:	Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
 L:	dccp@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 W:	http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/dccp
 F:	include/linux/dccp.h
 F:	include/linux/tfrc.h