diff --git a/drivers/staging/generic_serial/rio/rioinit.c b/drivers/staging/generic_serial/rio/rioinit.c
index 24a282bb89d4bd06fa2d0c82dd52333aad112c19..fb62b383f1de32079ef934986398c91052a0b88c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/generic_serial/rio/rioinit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/generic_serial/rio/rioinit.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ struct rioVersion *RIOVersid(void)
 {
     strlcpy(stVersion.version, "RIO driver for linux V1.0",
 	    sizeof(stVersion.version));
-    strlcpy(stVersion.buildDate, __DATE__,
+    strlcpy(stVersion.buildDate, "Aug 15 2010",
 	    sizeof(stVersion.buildDate));
 
     return &stVersion;