diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ks8695net.c b/drivers/net/arm/ks8695net.c
index 62d6f88cbab..aa07657744c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ks8695net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ks8695net.c
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ ks8695_cleanup(void)
 module_init(ks8695_init);
 module_exit(ks8695_cleanup);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Simtec Electronics")
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Simtec Electronics");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Micrel KS8695 (Centaur) Ethernet driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" MODULENAME);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 68649336c4a..6ebb81030d2 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -364,6 +364,13 @@
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___param) = .;			\
 		*(__param)						\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___param) = .;			\
+	}								\
+									\
+	/* Built-in module versions. */					\
+	__modver : AT(ADDR(__modver) - LOAD_OFFSET) {			\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___modver) = .;			\
+		*(__modver)						\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___modver) = .;			\
 		. = ALIGN((align));					\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_rodata) = .;			\
 	}								\
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 8b17fd8c790..e7c6385c668 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ struct module_attribute {
 	void (*free)(struct module *);
 };
 
+struct module_version_attribute {
+	struct module_attribute mattr;
+	const char *module_name;
+	const char *version;
+};
+
 struct module_kobject
 {
 	struct kobject kobj;
@@ -161,7 +167,28 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
   Using this automatically adds a checksum of the .c files and the
   local headers in "srcversion".
 */
+
+#if defined(MODULE) || !defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
 #define MODULE_VERSION(_version) MODULE_INFO(version, _version)
+#else
+#define MODULE_VERSION(_version)					\
+	extern ssize_t __modver_version_show(struct module_attribute *,	\
+					     struct module *, char *);	\
+	static struct module_version_attribute __modver_version_attr	\
+	__used								\
+    __attribute__ ((__section__ ("__modver"),aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \
+	= {								\
+		.mattr	= {						\
+			.attr	= {					\
+				.name	= "version",			\
+				.mode	= S_IRUGO,			\
+			},						\
+			.show	= __modver_version_show,		\
+		},							\
+		.module_name	= KBUILD_MODNAME,			\
+		.version	= _version,				\
+	}
+#endif
 
 /* Optional firmware file (or files) needed by the module
  * format is simply firmware file name.  Multiple firmware
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 112adf8bd47..07b41951e3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -16,15 +16,17 @@
 /* Chosen so that structs with an unsigned long line up. */
 #define MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN (64 - sizeof(unsigned long))
 
-#ifdef MODULE
 #define ___module_cat(a,b) __mod_ ## a ## b
 #define __module_cat(a,b) ___module_cat(a,b)
+#ifdef MODULE
 #define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)					  \
 static const char __module_cat(name,__LINE__)[]				  \
   __used __attribute__((section(".modinfo"), unused, aligned(1)))	  \
   = __stringify(tag) "=" info
 #else  /* !MODULE */
-#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)
+/* This struct is here for syntactic coherency, it is not used */
+#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)					  \
+  struct __module_cat(name,__LINE__) {}
 #endif
 #define __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(name, _type)					  \
   __MODULE_INFO(parmtype, name##type, #name ":" _type)
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 08107d18175..0da1411222b 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -719,9 +719,7 @@ void destroy_params(const struct kernel_param *params, unsigned num)
 			params[i].ops->free(params[i].arg);
 }
 
-static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,
-					  struct kernel_param *kparam,
-					  unsigned int name_skip)
+static struct module_kobject * __init locate_module_kobject(const char *name)
 {
 	struct module_kobject *mk;
 	struct kobject *kobj;
@@ -729,10 +727,7 @@ static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,
 
 	kobj = kset_find_obj(module_kset, name);
 	if (kobj) {
-		/* We already have one.  Remove params so we can add more. */
 		mk = to_module_kobject(kobj);
-		/* We need to remove it before adding parameters. */
-		sysfs_remove_group(&mk->kobj, &mk->mp->grp);
 	} else {
 		mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
 		BUG_ON(!mk);
@@ -743,15 +738,36 @@ static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,
 					   "%s", name);
 		if (err) {
 			kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
-			printk(KERN_ERR "Module '%s' failed add to sysfs, "
-			       "error number %d\n", name, err);
-			printk(KERN_ERR	"The system will be unstable now.\n");
-			return;
+			printk(KERN_ERR
+				"Module '%s' failed add to sysfs, error number %d\n",
+				name, err);
+			printk(KERN_ERR
+				"The system will be unstable now.\n");
+			return NULL;
 		}
-		/* So that exit path is even. */
+
+		/* So that we hold reference in both cases. */
 		kobject_get(&mk->kobj);
 	}
 
+	return mk;
+}
+
+static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,
+					  struct kernel_param *kparam,
+					  unsigned int name_skip)
+{
+	struct module_kobject *mk;
+	int err;
+
+	mk = locate_module_kobject(name);
+	if (!mk)
+		return;
+
+	/* We need to remove old parameters before adding more. */
+	if (mk->mp)
+		sysfs_remove_group(&mk->kobj, &mk->mp->grp);
+
 	/* These should not fail at boot. */
 	err = add_sysfs_param(mk, kparam, kparam->name + name_skip);
 	BUG_ON(err);
@@ -796,6 +812,32 @@ static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(void)
 	}
 }
 
+ssize_t __modver_version_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
+			      struct module *mod, char *buf)
+{
+	struct module_version_attribute *vattr =
+		container_of(mattr, struct module_version_attribute, mattr);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", vattr->version);
+}
+
+extern struct module_version_attribute __start___modver[], __stop___modver[];
+
+static void __init version_sysfs_builtin(void)
+{
+	const struct module_version_attribute *vattr;
+	struct module_kobject *mk;
+	int err;
+
+	for (vattr = __start___modver; vattr < __stop___modver; vattr++) {
+		mk = locate_module_kobject(vattr->module_name);
+		if (mk) {
+			err = sysfs_create_file(&mk->kobj, &vattr->mattr.attr);
+			kobject_uevent(&mk->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+			kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
+		}
+	}
+}
 
 /* module-related sysfs stuff */
 
@@ -875,6 +917,7 @@ static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
 	}
 	module_sysfs_initialized = 1;
 
+	version_sysfs_builtin();
 	param_sysfs_builtin();
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index 0c877a74e1f..3fb14b7c13c 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static void __exit dsa_cleanup_module(void)
 }
 module_exit(dsa_cleanup_module);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>")
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Distributed Switch Architecture switch chips");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:dsa");