diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/ChangeLog b/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/ChangeLog
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index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/NEWS b/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/NEWS
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index 428b4066de56c3e385325ca563856b88db4c3472..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/NEWS
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-link ../NEWS
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