diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 60aacd88bd7f..b9ce3c6049b1 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9914,7 +9914,6 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/staging/lustre
 
 STAGING - NVIDIA COMPLIANT EMBEDDED CONTROLLER INTERFACE (nvec)
-M:	Julian Andres Klode <jak@jak-linux.org>
 M:	Marc Dietrich <marvin24@gmx.de>
 L:	ac100@lists.launchpad.net (moderated for non-subscribers)
 L:	linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/fakekey.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/fakekey.c
index 4299cf45f947..5e1f16c36b49 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/fakekey.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/fakekey.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ void speakup_fake_down_arrow(void)
 	__this_cpu_write(reporting_keystroke, true);
 	input_report_key(virt_keyboard, KEY_DOWN, PRESSED);
 	input_report_key(virt_keyboard, KEY_DOWN, RELEASED);
+	input_sync(virt_keyboard);
 	__this_cpu_write(reporting_keystroke, false);
 
 	/* reenable preemption */