diff --git a/include/linux/license.h b/include/linux/license.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..decdbf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/license.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef __LICENSE_H
+#define __LICENSE_H
+
+static inline int license_is_gpl_compatible(const char *license)
+{
+	return (strcmp(license, "GPL") == 0
+		|| strcmp(license, "GPL v2") == 0
+		|| strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0
+		|| strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0
+		|| strcmp(license, "Dual MIT/GPL") == 0
+		|| strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index bbe0486..6903815 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <linux/license.h>
 
 #if 0
 #define DEBUGP printk
@@ -1248,16 +1249,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static inline int license_is_gpl_compatible(const char *license)
-{
-	return (strcmp(license, "GPL") == 0
-		|| strcmp(license, "GPL v2") == 0
-		|| strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0
-		|| strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0
-		|| strcmp(license, "Dual MIT/GPL") == 0
-		|| strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0);
-}
-
 static void set_license(struct module *mod, const char *license)
 {
 	if (!license)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index ba2e4fc..baa4d83 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "modpost.h"
+#include "../../include/linux/license.h"
 
 /* Are we using CONFIG_MODVERSIONS? */
 int modversions = 0;
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@
 
 	/* add to list */
 	mod->name = p;
+	mod->gpl_compatible = -1;
 	mod->next = modules;
 	modules = mod;
 
@@ -493,13 +495,18 @@
 	return string;
 }
 
-static char *get_modinfo(void *modinfo, unsigned long modinfo_len,
-			 const char *tag)
+static char *get_next_modinfo(void *modinfo, unsigned long modinfo_len,
+			      const char *tag, char *info)
 {
 	char *p;
 	unsigned int taglen = strlen(tag);
 	unsigned long size = modinfo_len;
 
+	if (info) {
+		size -= info - (char *)modinfo;
+		modinfo = next_string(info, &size);
+	}
+
 	for (p = modinfo; p; p = next_string(p, &size)) {
 		if (strncmp(p, tag, taglen) == 0 && p[taglen] == '=')
 			return p + taglen + 1;
@@ -507,6 +514,13 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static char *get_modinfo(void *modinfo, unsigned long modinfo_len,
+			 const char *tag)
+
+{
+	return get_next_modinfo(modinfo, modinfo_len, tag, NULL);
+}
+
 /**
  * Test if string s ends in string sub
  * return 0 if match
@@ -981,6 +995,7 @@
 {
 	const char *symname;
 	char *version;
+	char *license;
 	struct module *mod;
 	struct elf_info info = { };
 	Elf_Sym *sym;
@@ -996,6 +1011,18 @@
 		mod->skip = 1;
 	}
 
+	license = get_modinfo(info.modinfo, info.modinfo_len, "license");
+	while (license) {
+		if (license_is_gpl_compatible(license))
+			mod->gpl_compatible = 1;
+		else {
+			mod->gpl_compatible = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+		license = get_next_modinfo(info.modinfo, info.modinfo_len,
+					   "license", license);
+	}
+
 	for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
 		symname = info.strtab + sym->st_name;
 
@@ -1052,6 +1079,40 @@
 	buf->pos += len;
 }
 
+void check_license(struct module *mod)
+{
+	struct symbol *s, *exp;
+
+	for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
+		if (mod->gpl_compatible == 1) {
+			/* GPL-compatible modules may use all symbols */
+			continue;
+		}
+		exp = find_symbol(s->name);
+		if (!exp || exp->module == mod)
+			continue;
+		const char *basename = strrchr(mod->name, '/');
+		if (basename)
+			basename++;
+		switch (exp->export) {
+			case export_gpl:
+				fatal("modpost: GPL-incompatible module %s "
+				      "uses GPL-only symbol '%s'\n",
+				 basename ? basename : mod->name,
+				exp->name);
+				break;
+			case export_gpl_future:
+				warn("modpost: GPL-incompatible module %s "
+				      "uses future GPL-only symbol '%s'\n",
+				      basename ? basename : mod->name,
+				      exp->name);
+				break;
+			case export_plain: /* ignore */ break;
+			case export_unknown: /* ignore */ break;
+		}
+        }
+}
+
 /**
  * Header for the generated file
  **/
@@ -1328,6 +1389,12 @@
 	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
 		if (mod->skip)
 			continue;
+		check_license(mod);
+	}
+
+	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
+		if (mod->skip)
+			continue;
 
 		buf.pos = 0;
 
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index f7ee3a3..2b00c60 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 struct module {
 	struct module *next;
 	const char *name;
+	int gpl_compatible;
 	struct symbol *unres;
 	int seen;
 	int skip;