diff --git a/prog/hotplug/m7101.c b/prog/hotplug/m7101.c
index 3d74e816..52a64d84 100644
--- a/prog/hotplug/m7101.c
+++ b/prog/hotplug/m7101.c
@@ -380,7 +380,9 @@ void cleanup_module()
 EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS;
 
 #ifdef MODULE
+#ifdef MODULE_LICENSE
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+#endif
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Burkhard Kohl <bku@buks.ipn.de>, "
 	      "Frank Bauer <frank.bauer@nikocity.de>, "
 	      "and Mark Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>");
diff --git a/prog/hotplug/p4b_smbus.c b/prog/hotplug/p4b_smbus.c
index 711209ac..67764621 100644
--- a/prog/hotplug/p4b_smbus.c
+++ b/prog/hotplug/p4b_smbus.c
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ void cleanup_module()
 EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS;
 
 #ifdef MODULE
+#ifdef MODULE_LICENSE
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+#endif
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ilja Rauhut <IljaRauhut@web.de>, "
               "Burkhard Kohl <bku@buks.ipn.de>, "
 	      "Frank Bauer <frank.bauer@nikocity.de>, "