diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index e0dd1048c9664df31d87e6739a0f256daa9108a0..afa89dcf30a56c2b0f19f2d57c6c3639f5fe7ad1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void mlx5e_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 
 	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
-	strlcpy(drvinfo->version, DRIVER_VERSION " (" DRIVER_RELDATE ")",
+	strlcpy(drvinfo->version, DRIVER_VERSION,
 		sizeof(drvinfo->version));
 	snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
 		 "%d.%d.%04d (%.16s)",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
index fbc6e9e9e3053a7527cf49e7d00c54104acf50af..cf69b42278dff05f168ee88d60d051734fee1771 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_link.h>
 
 #define DRIVER_NAME "mlx5_core"
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "3.0-1"
-#define DRIVER_RELDATE  "January 2015"
+#define DRIVER_VERSION "5.0-0"
 
 #define MLX5_TOTAL_VPORTS(mdev) (1 + pci_sriov_get_totalvfs(mdev->pdev))