diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/buffer.c b/drivers/usb/core/buffer.c
index 98e39f91723a..b9bf6e2eb6fe 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/buffer.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * This implementation plugs in through generic "usb_bus" level methods,
  * and should work with all USB controllers, regardless of bus type.
+ *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
index a2d90aca779f..0aa9e7d697a5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ */
+
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 #include <linux/usb/ch9.h>
 #include <linux/usb/hcd.h>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index dadd1e8dfe09..cdee5130638b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  *		(usb_device_id matching changes by Adam J. Richter)
  *	(C) Copyright Greg Kroah-Hartman 2002-2003
  *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ *
  * NOTE! This is not actually a driver at all, rather this is
  * just a collection of helper routines that implement the
  * matching, probing, releasing, suspending and resuming for
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c b/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
index 101983b7e8d2..b73b25bd1541 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
  * (C) Copyright 2002,2004 IBM Corp.
  * (C) Copyright 2006 Novell Inc.
  *
- * Endpoint sysfs stuff
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  *
+ * Endpoint sysfs stuff
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/file.c b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
index 822ced9639aa..e26bd5e773ad 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/file.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  *     (usb_device_id matching changes by Adam J. Richter)
  * (C) Copyright Greg Kroah-Hartman 2002-2003
  *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
index 358ca8dd784f..bd3e0c5a6db2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  *		(usb_device_id matching changes by Adam J. Richter)
  *	(C) Copyright Greg Kroah-Hartman 2002-2003
  *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  */
 
 #include <linux/usb.h>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index cbb146736f57..76e80d8657d2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * (C) Copyright 1999 Gregory P. Smith
  * (C) Copyright 2001 Brad Hards (bhards@bigpond.net.au)
  *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index 3a4707746157..dea55914d641 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 /*
  * message.c - synchronous message handling
+ *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  */
 
 #include <linux/pci.h>	/* for scatterlist macros */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/notify.c b/drivers/usb/core/notify.c
index 7728c91dfa2e..b12a463a3e22 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/notify.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/notify.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * notifier functions originally based on those in kernel/sys.c
  * but fixed up to not be so broken.
  *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  */
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c
index 84d66d573196..dfc68ed24db1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  *
  * All of the sysfs file attributes for usb devices and interfaces.
  *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  */
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
index a9039696476e..0be49a1e3e66 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ */
+
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
index 592151461017..a2ccc69fb45c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
  *     (usb_device_id matching changes by Adam J. Richter)
  * (C) Copyright Greg Kroah-Hartman 2002-2003
  *
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ *
  * NOTE! This is not actually a driver at all, rather this is
  * just a collection of helper routines that implement the
  * generic USB things that the real drivers can use..
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
index 53318126ed91..dc6949248823 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Released under the GPLv2 only.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ */
+
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>