diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index 1786574536b2..a21407de46ae 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -989,4 +989,3 @@ module_exit(cleanup_ipmi);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Corey Minyard <minyard@mvista.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device interface for the IPMI message handler.");
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ipmi_si");
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index be982d10d305..92e53acf2cd2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -4646,3 +4646,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Corey Minyard <minyard@mvista.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Incoming and outgoing message routing for an IPMI"
 		   " interface.");
 MODULE_VERSION(IPMI_DRIVER_VERSION);
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("post: ipmi_devintf");