diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
index f082a5ad7cf1d4..5c3642b3f802df 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 %YAML 1.2
 ---
 $id: http://kernel.org/schemas/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml#
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
index c6b8c77f7d12e8..5e98c6d2b9aae8 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 %YAML 1.2
 ---
 $id: http://kernel.org/schemas/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml#
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
index b2d56ab9e615d3..d35dcd6f8d82a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 %YAML 1.2
 ---
 $id: http://kernel.org/schemas/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml#
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
index 18ecb7d90cbe5f..4727c067e2ba36 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 
 name: ethtool
 
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml
index cff104288723bb..3e13826a3fdf18 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 
 name: fou
 
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
index 753e5914a8b7cb..b99e7ffef7a157 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 
 name: netdev
 
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst
index 2122e0c4a39987..a22442ba1d30bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ YAML specifications can be found under ``Documentation/netlink/specs/``
 This document describes details of the schema.
 See :doc:`intro-specs` for a practical starting guide.
 
-All specs must be licensed under ``GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause``
+All specs must be licensed under
+``((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)``
 to allow for easy adoption in user space code.
 
 Compatibility levels
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fou.h b/include/uapi/linux/fou.h
index 5041c359849387..b5cd3e7b3775a6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fou.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fou.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) */
 /* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
 /*	Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml */
 /* YNL-GEN uapi header */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h b/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
index ed134fbdfd32d3..639524b59930bf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) */
 /* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
 /*	Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml */
 /* YNL-GEN uapi header */
diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl-gen.c b/net/core/netdev-genl-gen.c
index 9e10802587fc3c..3abab70d66ddc8 100644
--- a/net/core/netdev-genl-gen.c
+++ b/net/core/netdev-genl-gen.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 /* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
 /*	Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml */
 /* YNL-GEN kernel source */
diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl-gen.h b/net/core/netdev-genl-gen.h
index 2c5fc7d1e8a741..74d74fc2316798 100644
--- a/net/core/netdev-genl-gen.h
+++ b/net/core/netdev-genl-gen.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) */
 /* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
 /*	Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml */
 /* YNL-GEN kernel header */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fou_nl.c b/net/ipv4/fou_nl.c
index 5c14fe030eda55..6c37c4f98ccab4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fou_nl.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fou_nl.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 /* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
 /*	Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml */
 /* YNL-GEN kernel source */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fou_nl.h b/net/ipv4/fou_nl.h
index 58b1e1ed4b3bb3..dbd0780a5d34c3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fou_nl.h
+++ b/net/ipv4/fou_nl.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) */
 /* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
 /*	Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml */
 /* YNL-GEN kernel header */
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
index ed134fbdfd32d3..639524b59930bf 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) */
 /* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
 /*	Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml */
 /* YNL-GEN uapi header */
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
index d47376f19de72a..3b4d03a50fc1b7 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
 
 import argparse
 import collections
@@ -2068,12 +2068,12 @@ def main():
 
     _, spec_kernel = find_kernel_root(args.spec)
     if args.mode == 'uapi':
-        cw.p('/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause */')
+        cw.p('/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) */')
     else:
         if args.header:
-            cw.p('/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause */')
+            cw.p('/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) */')
         else:
-            cw.p('// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause')
+            cw.p('// SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)')
     cw.p("/* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */")
     cw.p(f"/*\t{spec_kernel} */")
     cw.p(f"/* YNL-GEN {args.mode} {'header' if args.header else 'source'} */")