diff --git a/include/linux/plist.h b/include/linux/plist.h
index 9365df5a823f..66bab1bca35c 100644
--- a/include/linux/plist.h
+++ b/include/linux/plist.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 /*
  * Descending-priority-sorted double-linked list
  *
@@ -12,8 +13,6 @@
  * Simplifications of the original code by
  * Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
  *
- * Licensed under the FSF's GNU Public License v2 or later.
- *
  * Based on simple lists (include/linux/list.h).
  *
  * This is a priority-sorted list of nodes; each node has a
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@
  * is lowest priority.
  *
  * No locking is done, up to the caller.
- *
  */
 #ifndef _LINUX_PLIST_H_
 #define _LINUX_PLIST_H_
diff --git a/lib/plist.c b/lib/plist.c
index d3bd8827186f..0d86ed7a76ac 100644
--- a/lib/plist.c
+++ b/lib/plist.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * lib/plist.c
  *
@@ -14,8 +15,6 @@
  * Simplifications of the original code by
  * Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
  *
- * Licensed under the FSF's GNU Public License v2 or later.
- *
  * Based on simple lists (include/linux/list.h).
  *
  * This file contains the add / del functions which are considered to