diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
index 823e938c9a78..bcbfe23a45f6 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
@@ -4526,7 +4526,7 @@ static void __exit mv_exit(void)
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Brett Russ");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SCSI low-level driver for Marvell SATA controllers");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, mv_pci_tbl);
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME);