diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/Makefile b/package/kernel/linux/Makefile
index 6592b01678..d53017018c 100644
--- a/package/kernel/linux/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/linux/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ SUBTARGETS = $(sort $(filter-out feeds,$(notdir $(wildcard $(TOPDIR)/target/linu
 SUBTARGET_MODULES = $(foreach t,$(SUBTARGETS),$(firstword $(wildcard $(TOPDIR)/target/linux/feeds/$(t)/modules.mk $(TOPDIR)/target/linux/$(t)/modules.mk)))
 SCAN_DEPS=modules/*.mk $(SUBTARGET_MODULES) $(TOPDIR)/include/netfilter.mk
 
-PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
-PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
 export SHELL:=/bin/sh
 .ONESHELL: