diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile
index 67f28e20a892..23d86a8b7d7b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CMDLINE)          += fb_cmdline.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB)                  += fb.o
 fb-y                              := fbmem.o fbmon.o fbcmap.o fbsysfs.o \
                                      modedb.o fbcvt.o
+fb-$(CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO)       += fb_defio.o
 fb-objs                           := $(fb-y)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT)  += cfbfillrect.o
@@ -14,4 +15,3 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT) += sysimgblt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SYS_FOPS)      += fb_sys_fops.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SVGALIB)       += svgalib.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_DDC)           += fb_ddc.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO)   += fb_defio.o
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
index d6cab1fd9a47..3fc63c208d08 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
@@ -242,5 +242,3 @@ void fb_deferred_io_cleanup(struct fb_info *info)
 	mutex_destroy(&fbdefio->lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_deferred_io_cleanup);
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");