diff --git a/drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c b/drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c
index 33e28ccf4d85..b5229bc6eae5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
- *  Copyright (C) 2013, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
  *  GDMA4740 DMAC support
  */
 
@@ -914,6 +913,5 @@ static struct platform_driver gdma_dma_driver = {
 };
 module_platform_driver(gdma_dma_driver);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ralink/MTK DMA driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");