diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
index 0f478dcfc199..f8d6c7e18a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define AOE_PARTITIONS (16)
 #endif
 
-#define WHITESPACE " \t\v\f\n"
+#define WHITESPACE " \t\v\f\n,"
 
 enum {
 	AOECMD_ATA,
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
index 2e47404ff008..71d3ea8d3006 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ enum {
 
 static char aoe_iflist[IFLISTSZ];
 module_param_string(aoe_iflist, aoe_iflist, IFLISTSZ, 0600);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, "aoe_iflist=\"dev1 [dev2 ...]\"");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, "aoe_iflist=dev1[,dev2...]");
 
 static wait_queue_head_t txwq;
 static struct ktstate kts;