diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h
index 8a6f82fb3e2c..2c986236f5a3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/octeon/cvmx-config.h>
 
-
-#define OCTEON_ETHERNET_VERSION "1.9"
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER
 #define REUSE_SKBUFFS_WITHOUT_FREE  0
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
index 6322d0dd4238..2286acac4951 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/phy.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/of_mdio.h>
-
+#include <generated/utsrelease.h>
 #include <net/dst.h>
 
 #include <asm/octeon/octeon.h>
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 static void cvm_oct_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 				struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 {
-	strlcpy(info->driver, "cavium-ethernet", sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, OCTEON_ETHERNET_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
+	strlcpy(info->driver, KBUILD_MODNAME, sizeof(info->driver));
+	strlcpy(info->version, UTS_RELEASE, sizeof(info->version));
 	strlcpy(info->bus_info, "Builtin", sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
index d05bdca37278..b8cd450465a4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
@@ -681,7 +681,6 @@ static int cvm_oct_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device_node *pip;
 
 	octeon_mdiobus_force_mod_depencency();
-	pr_notice("cavium-ethernet %s\n", OCTEON_ETHERNET_VERSION);
 
 	pip = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	if (!pip) {