diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup_rdma.h b/include/linux/cgroup_rdma.h
index e94290b29e99..aa5b50b249de 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup_rdma.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2016 Parav Pandit <pandit.parav@gmail.com>
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of version 2 of the GNU
- * General Public License. See the file COPYING in the main directory of the
- * Linux distribution for more details.
  */
 
 #ifndef _CGROUP_RDMA_H
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
index 1b65ab0df457..c225c42e114a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Functions to manage eBPF programs attached to cgroups
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2016 Daniel Mack
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of version 2 of the GNU
- * General Public License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of the
- * Linux distribution for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c b/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
index 709bd91161ba..c372be6df264 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Longest prefix match list implementation
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2016,2017 Daniel Mack
  * Copyright (c) 2016 David Herrmann
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of version 2 of the GNU
- * General Public License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of the
- * Linux distribution for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/pids.c b/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
index 940d2e8db776..138059eb730d 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Process number limiting controller for cgroups.
  *
@@ -25,10 +26,6 @@
  * a superset of parent/child/pids.current.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of version 2 of the GNU
- * General Public License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of the
- * Linux distribution for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/rdma.c b/kernel/cgroup/rdma.c
index defad3c5e7dc..8db8eb22c218 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/rdma.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/rdma.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * RDMA resource limiting controller for cgroups.
  *
@@ -5,10 +6,6 @@
  * additional RDMA resources after a certain limit is reached.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2016 Parav Pandit <pandit.parav@gmail.com>
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of version 2 of the GNU
- * General Public License. See the file COPYING in the main directory of the
- * Linux distribution for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/bitops.h>