diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/dp83822.c b/drivers/net/phy/dp83822.c
index 24c7f149f3e66d2edb9076d159e6c258fc57b77d..bbd8c22067f3d2c4975757febf0658ddb1c3e8f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/dp83822.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/dp83822.c
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Driver for the Texas Instruments DP83822 PHY
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2017 Texas Instruments Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
@@ -338,4 +330,4 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(mdio, dp83822_tbl);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Texas Instruments DP83822 PHY driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Dan Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/dp83848.c b/drivers/net/phy/dp83848.c
index a6b55909d1dce7c0b0dc6d489ddd7c7634b8a9c3..f55dc907c2f39b579acb9f8042f8692900e5fe47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/dp83848.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/dp83848.c
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Driver for the Texas Instruments DP83848 PHY
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -133,4 +125,4 @@ module_phy_driver(dp83848_driver);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Texas Instruments DP83848 PHY driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew F. Davis <afd@ti.com>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/dp83867.c b/drivers/net/phy/dp83867.c
index da6a67d47ce99e21d7034c004b7b5306778cbe79..8a8d9f606b3eb2529d89bc2e66a6cf630c3e9deb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/dp83867.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/dp83867.c
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Driver for the Texas Instruments DP83867 PHY
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Texas Instruments Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
@@ -357,4 +349,4 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(mdio, dp83867_tbl);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Texas Instruments DP83867 PHY driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Dan Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-bitbang.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-bitbang.c
index 15352f987bdf77ea6d50871d61aaa3d3f5ec1f92..5136275c8e7399fbbd74d048abb89f50929e5af3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-bitbang.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-bitbang.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Bitbanged MDIO support.
  *
@@ -11,10 +12,6 @@
  *
  * 2005 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc.
  * Vitaly Bordug <vbordug@ru.mvista.com>
- *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any
- * kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -232,4 +229,4 @@ void free_mdio_bitbang(struct mii_bus *bus)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_mdio_bitbang);
 
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-gpio.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-gpio.c
index ea9a0e3397789646bacab837e60afc111bc1f2d4..1b00235d7dc5b56c76408edfeb8fba54cf948d15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-gpio.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * GPIO based MDIO bitbang driver.
  * Supports OpenFirmware.
@@ -14,10 +15,6 @@
  *
  * 2005 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc.
  * Vitaly Bordug <vbordug@ru.mvista.com>
- *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any
- * kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -216,5 +213,5 @@ module_platform_driver(mdio_gpio_driver);
 
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mdio-gpio");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Laurent Pinchart, Paulius Zaleckas");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic driver for MDIO bus emulation using GPIO");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-moxart.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-moxart.c
index 5bb56d126693c7ee71c533feeb4143c0eb1254b3..af3910fe8ec7d9bfb222b25c13fccea325729a0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-moxart.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-moxart.c
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* MOXA ART Ethernet (RTL8201CP) MDIO interface driver
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2013 Jonas Jensen <jonas.jensen@gmail.com>
- *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -190,4 +187,4 @@ module_platform_driver(moxart_mdio_driver);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MOXA ART MDIO interface driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jonas Jensen <jonas.jensen@gmail.com>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-sun4i.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-sun4i.c
index 6425ce04d3f95d6ca7a7b2ec7a22b7f860358a1e..20ffd8fb79ce36de0b592886c0023cbf3690205c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-sun4i.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-sun4i.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Allwinner EMAC MDIO interface driver
  *
@@ -6,10 +7,6 @@
  *
  * Based on the Linux driver provided by Allwinner:
  * Copyright (C) 1997  Sten Wang
- *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -179,4 +176,4 @@ module_platform_driver(sun4i_mdio_driver);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Allwinner EMAC MDIO interface driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index e7becc7379d74899c5d007bc0e7789aeb953fc6e..7d9910da5018b9d050e610be670d2f583337ed60 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * phylink models the MAC to optional PHY connection, supporting
  * technologies such as SFP cages where the PHY is hot-pluggable.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Russell King
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
@@ -1697,4 +1694,4 @@ void phylink_helper_basex_speed(struct phylink_link_state *state)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_helper_basex_speed);
 
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");