diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index dfe61af..ffa0b43 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1015,3 +1015,4 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen virtual block device frontend");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(XENVBD_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("xen:vbd");