diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
index 22b8f2a70b3b..ada694ba9f95 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
@@ -949,6 +949,5 @@ struct hwspinlock *devm_hwspin_lock_request_specific(struct device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwspin_lock_request_specific);
 
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware spinlock interface");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>");