diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 053958a8a2ba..3a9bca3aa093 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * Network block device - make block devices work over TCP
  *
@@ -7,8 +8,6 @@
  * Copyright 1997-2000, 2008 Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
  * Parts copyright 2001 Steven Whitehouse <steve@chygwyn.com>
  *
- * This file is released under GPLv2 or later.
- *
  * (part of code stolen from loop.c)
  */