diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_protocol.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbip_protocol.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_protocol.txt
rename to Documentation/usb/usbip_protocol.txt
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a1477a7429ab..c55b37e4fa3b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -11380,6 +11380,7 @@ M:	Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@gmail.com>
 M:	Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@samsung.com>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
+F:	Documentation/usb/usbip_protocol.txt
 F:	drivers/usb/usbip/
 F:	tools/usb/usbip/