diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
index 38e26f160b9a57..f5d70842617fe9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Watchdog driver for Cirrus Logic EP93xx family of devices.
  *
@@ -11,10 +12,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2012 H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
  *	Convert to a platform device and use the watchdog framework API
  *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
- *
  * This watchdog fires after 250msec, which is a too short interval
  * for us to rely on the user space daemon alone. So we ping the
  * wdt each ~200msec and eventually stop doing it if the user space
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
index 4a22fe15208630..df03f3b2659a3e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later */
 /*
  * IBM Automatic Server Restart driver.
  *
@@ -6,8 +7,6 @@
  * Based on driver written by Pete Reynolds.
  * Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 1998-2004.
  *
- * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
- * of the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
index f388a769dbd33d..9ca80b6c1790b6 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
  *
@@ -11,9 +12,6 @@
  *  Copyright 2004 (c) MontaVista, Software, Inc.
  *  Based on sa1100 driver, Copyright (C) 2000 Oleg Drokin <green@crimea.edu>
  *
- * This file is licensed under  the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
index 9e1541cfae0d89..811f6dabad2c08 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * drivers/char/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
  *
@@ -5,10 +6,6 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Marc Zyngier <maz@misterjones.org>
  *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
- *
  * This driver assumes the watchdog pins are memory mapped (as it is
  * the case for the Arcom Zeus). Should it be connected over GPIOs or
  * another interface, some abstraction will have to be introduced.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/moxart_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/moxart_wdt.c
index 6340a1f5f471b2..c87873c7d13f86 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/moxart_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/moxart_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * MOXA ART SoCs watchdog driver.
  *
@@ -5,9 +6,6 @@
  *
  * Jonas Jensen <jonas.jensen@gmail.com>
  *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #include <linux/clk.h>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-nmi.S b/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-nmi.S
index 97f6eb7b5a8e04..e308cc74392018 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-nmi.S
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-nmi.S
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
  * Copyright (C) 2007-2017 Cavium, Inc.
  */
 #include <asm/asm.h>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
index 5ec2dd8fd5fa3d..938b357a12b911 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
  *
@@ -5,9 +6,6 @@
  *
  * Author: Sylver Bruneau <sylver.bruneau@googlemail.com>
  *
- * This file is licensed under  the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rtd119x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rtd119x_wdt.c
index 95c8d7abce42e6..1c3c36e9779739 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rtd119x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rtd119x_wdt.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
 /*
  * Realtek RTD129x watchdog
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2017 Andreas Färber
  *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
  */
 
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
index 504be461f992a9..00b35eddf9395f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0 OR GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * Watchdog driver for SiByte SB1 SoCs
  *
@@ -38,10 +39,6 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	version 1 or 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
index 13db71e165836e..141fcbd11c4c82 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Watchdog driver for SBC-FITPC2 board
  *
@@ -5,9 +6,6 @@
  *
  * Adapted from the IXP2000 watchdog driver by Deepak Saxena.
  *
- * This file is licensed under  the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME " WATCHDOG: " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ts4800_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ts4800_wdt.c
index 0ea554c7cda579..9d7d7ad876a788 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ts4800_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ts4800_wdt.c
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Watchdog driver for TS-4800 based boards
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2015 - Savoir-faire Linux
  *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
index bf918f5fa13175..bb53dc481006c9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Watchdog driver for Technologic Systems TS-72xx based SBCs
  * (TS-7200, TS-7250 and TS-7260). These boards have external
@@ -8,9 +9,6 @@
  *
  * This driver is based on ep93xx_wdt and wm831x_wdt drivers.
  *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
- * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
