diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
index 4a22fe152086..6955c693b5fd 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+
 /*
  * IBM Automatic Server Restart driver.
  *
@@ -6,8 +7,6 @@
  * Based on driver written by Pete Reynolds.
  * Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 1998-2004.
  *
- * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
- * of the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt