diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index c04c546bf092..13ef0475d901 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -816,3 +816,5 @@ void __exit lirc_dev_exit(void)
 	class_destroy(lirc_class);
 	unregister_chrdev_region(lirc_base_dev, RC_DEV_MAX);
 }
+
+MODULE_ALIAS("lirc_dev");