diff --git a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
index b528ce77c406..771139e283af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2104,6 +2104,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR(	"Rabeeh Khoury, Assaf Hoffman, Matthew Dharm, Manish Lachwani"
 		" and Dale Farnsworth");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ethernet driver for Marvell MV643XX");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mv643xx_eth");
 
 /*
  * The second part is the low level driver of the gigE ethernet ports.