diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index 606e7a4..f921bd1 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -688,3 +688,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrea Paterniani, <a.paterniani@swapp-eng.it>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("User mode SPI device interface");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("spi:spidev");