diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 783569e3c4b48..506902c3d5b6b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17172,7 +17172,6 @@ F:	drivers/vme/
 F:	include/linux/vme*
 
 VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
-M:	Julien Freche <jfreche@vmware.com>
 M:	Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
 M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org