diff --git a/kernel/backtracetest.c b/kernel/backtracetest.c
index a4181234232b..2dfe66b9ed76 100644
--- a/kernel/backtracetest.c
+++ b/kernel/backtracetest.c
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@ static void exitf(void)
 
 module_init(backtrace_regression_test);
 module_exit(exitf);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Simple stack backtrace regression test module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>");