diff --git a/drivers/gpio/max7301.c b/drivers/gpio/max7301.c
index 7b82eaa..480956f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/max7301.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/max7301.c
@@ -339,3 +339,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Juergen Beisert");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MAX7301 SPI based GPIO-Expander");
+MODULE_ALIAS("spi:" DRIVER_NAME);