diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/mlx5_main.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/mlx5_main.c
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/mlx5_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/mlx5_main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*-
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2020, Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2021, Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
 
 static const char mlx5_version[] = "Mellanox Core driver "
 	DRIVER_VERSION " (" DRIVER_RELDATE ")";
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Eli Cohen <eli@mellanox.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mellanox Connect-IB, ConnectX-4 core driver");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mellanox ConnectX-4 and onwards core driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 #if (__FreeBSD_version >= 1100000)
 MODULE_DEPEND(mlx5, linuxkpi, 1, 1, 1);
@@ -1326,6 +1325,8 @@
 	struct sysctl_oid *current_cap_sysctl_node;
 	struct sysctl_oid *max_cap_sysctl_node;
 
+	printk_once("mlx5: %s", mlx5_version);
+
 	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	priv = &dev->priv;
 	if (id)
diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@
 
 #include <net/debugnet.h>
 
-#ifndef ETH_DRIVER_VERSION
-#define	ETH_DRIVER_VERSION	"3.6.0"
-#endif
-#define DRIVER_RELDATE	"December 2020"
-
-static const char mlx5e_version[] = "mlx5en: Mellanox Ethernet driver "
-	ETH_DRIVER_VERSION " (" DRIVER_RELDATE ")\n";
-
 static int mlx5e_get_wqe_sz(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u32 *wqe_sz, u32 *nsegs);
 
 struct mlx5e_channel_param {
@@ -4773,14 +4765,6 @@
 	mlx5_unregister_interface(&mlx5e_interface);
 }
 
-static void
-mlx5e_show_version(void __unused *arg)
-{
-
-	printf("%s", mlx5e_version);
-}
-SYSINIT(mlx5e_show_version, SI_SUB_DRIVERS, SI_ORDER_ANY, mlx5e_show_version, NULL);
-
 module_init_order(mlx5e_init, SI_ORDER_SIXTH);
 module_exit_order(mlx5e_cleanup, SI_ORDER_SIXTH);
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_ib/mlx5_ib_main.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_ib/mlx5_ib_main.c
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_ib/mlx5_ib_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_ib/mlx5_ib_main.c
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@
 #include <dev/mlx5/fs.h>
 #include "mlx5_ib.h"
 
-#define DRIVER_NAME "mlx5ib"
-#ifndef DRIVER_VERSION
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "3.6.0"
-#endif
-#define DRIVER_RELDATE	"December 2020"
-
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mellanox Connect-IB HCA IB driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_DEPEND(mlx5ib, linuxkpi, 1, 1, 1);
@@ -63,10 +57,6 @@
 MODULE_DEPEND(mlx5ib, ibcore, 1, 1, 1);
 MODULE_VERSION(mlx5ib, 1);
 
-static const char mlx5_version[] =
-	DRIVER_NAME ": Mellanox Connect-IB Infiniband driver "
-	DRIVER_VERSION " (" DRIVER_RELDATE ")\n";
-
 enum {
 	MLX5_ATOMIC_SIZE_QP_8BYTES = 1 << 3,
 };
@@ -3575,13 +3565,5 @@
 	mlx5_ib_odp_cleanup();
 }
 
-static void
-mlx5_ib_show_version(void __unused *arg)
-{
-
-	printf("%s", mlx5_version);
-}
-SYSINIT(mlx5_ib_show_version, SI_SUB_DRIVERS, SI_ORDER_ANY, mlx5_ib_show_version, NULL);
-
 module_init_order(mlx5_ib_init, SI_ORDER_SEVENTH);
 module_exit_order(mlx5_ib_cleanup, SI_ORDER_SEVENTH);