diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvtap.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvtap.c
index 60944a4beadae..1afc4c47be73f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvtap.c
@@ -237,4 +237,5 @@ static void __exit ipvtap_exit(void)
 module_exit(ipvtap_exit);
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("ipvtap");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IP-VLAN based tap driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");