diff --git a/net/sched/act_gate.c b/net/sched/act_gate.c
index c9a811f4c7ee..393b78729216 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_gate.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_gate.c
@@ -677,4 +677,5 @@ static void __exit gate_cleanup_module(void)
 
 module_init(gate_init_module);
 module_exit(gate_cleanup_module);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TC gate action");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");