diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/lm49453.c b/sound/soc/codecs/lm49453.c
index 02a8179c34f0..802b9f176b16 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/lm49453.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/lm49453.c
@@ -1546,5 +1546,5 @@ static struct i2c_driver lm49453_i2c_driver = {
 module_i2c_driver(lm49453_i2c_driver);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ASoC LM49453 driver");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@ti.com");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@ti.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");