diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index 835a33c8d5f510c7ff0ae3e0360e6ef8ec7f2551..1d7b429f7ffaf8dd0ad262cfee1e513e4afa1ff9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -957,3 +957,4 @@ 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");