diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 5257d2982ba5..282dfb14db05 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -1733,6 +1733,7 @@ static void __exit exit_rpcsec_gss(void)
 	rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s */
 }
 
+MODULE_ALIAS("rpc-auth-6");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 module_param_named(expired_cred_retry_delay,
 		   gss_expired_cred_retry_delay,