diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index d6ec71f9d2d6004681dd05ec72dc8a64410f1667..0fa4b9108e8264ddca1a9f721de3547263bb74a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2775,4 +2775,5 @@ module_exit(vxlan_cleanup_module);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(VXLAN_VERSION);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for VXLAN encapsulated traffic");
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("vxlan");