diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 67009bd56c522b634d35a9b8c2852228b4b29730..5072a943fe3571eb0465aea4418348e55f46549d 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ static void set_license(struct module *mod, const char *license)
 
 	if (!license_is_gpl_compatible(license)) {
 		if (!(tainted & TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE))
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module license '%s' taints"
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module license '%s' taints "
 				"kernel.\n", mod->name, license);
 		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
 	}