diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
index e3fa38bd7f12..859af797630c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(bus, "Enumeration of VMEbus to which the driver is connected");
 module_param_array(bus, int, &bus_num, 0000);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VME User Space Access Driver");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 module_init(vme_user_init);