diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c
index 02cf4c43a4c4..ed6061b5cca1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
 #define GPIO_EXT_PORTC		0x58
 #define GPIO_EXT_PORTD		0x5c
 
+#define DWAPB_DRIVER_NAME	"gpio-dwapb"
 #define DWAPB_MAX_PORTS		4
+
 #define GPIO_EXT_PORT_STRIDE	0x04 /* register stride 32 bits */
 #define GPIO_SWPORT_DR_STRIDE	0x0c /* register stride 3*32 bits */
 #define GPIO_SWPORT_DDR_STRIDE	0x0c /* register stride 3*32 bits */
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ static void dwapb_configure_irqs(struct dwapb_gpio *gpio,
 		return;
 
 	err = irq_alloc_domain_generic_chips(gpio->domain, ngpio, 2,
-					     "gpio-dwapb", handle_level_irq,
+					     DWAPB_DRIVER_NAME, handle_level_irq,
 					     IRQ_NOREQUEST, 0,
 					     IRQ_GC_INIT_NESTED_LOCK);
 	if (err) {
@@ -455,7 +457,7 @@ static void dwapb_configure_irqs(struct dwapb_gpio *gpio,
 		 */
 		err = devm_request_irq(gpio->dev, pp->irq[0],
 				       dwapb_irq_handler_mfd,
-				       IRQF_SHARED, "gpio-dwapb-mfd", gpio);
+				       IRQF_SHARED, DWAPB_DRIVER_NAME, gpio);
 		if (err) {
 			dev_err(gpio->dev, "error requesting IRQ\n");
 			irq_domain_remove(gpio->domain);
@@ -843,7 +845,7 @@ static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(dwapb_gpio_pm_ops, dwapb_gpio_suspend,
 
 static struct platform_driver dwapb_gpio_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
-		.name	= "gpio-dwapb",
+		.name	= DWAPB_DRIVER_NAME,
 		.pm	= &dwapb_gpio_pm_ops,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(dwapb_of_match),
 		.acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(dwapb_acpi_match),
@@ -857,3 +859,4 @@ module_platform_driver(dwapb_gpio_driver);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamie Iles");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synopsys DesignWare APB GPIO driver");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DWAPB_DRIVER_NAME);