diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index 68aa9ffd4ae4d972cdd57ea742ddf3b78ba497d6..5871537af387b2566c8ffaa79d107efaf3701fae 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -321,4 +321,7 @@ do {									\
 #define l2tp_dbg(ptr, type, fmt, ...)					\
 	l2tp_printk(ptr, type, pr_debug, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define MODULE_ALIAS_L2TP_PWTYPE(type) \
+	MODULE_ALIAS("net-l2tp-type-" __stringify(type))
+
 #endif /* _L2TP_CORE_H_ */
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index 4b552873b55603a648f37bbd497efbb43bd869a4..e253c26f31ac378b644c925f1e44c1d4ef753e17 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -358,3 +358,4 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("L2TP ethernet pseudowire driver");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
+MODULE_ALIAS_L2TP_PWTYPE(5);
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 9e13c2ff878970fbbe355990f756684d9e868988..f93c5be612a7cb43611708ebb66c25b4db0d27cf 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -576,6 +576,13 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *inf
 	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_MRU])
 		cfg.mru = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_MRU]);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+	if (l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[cfg.pw_type] == NULL) {
+		genl_unlock();
+		request_module("net-l2tp-type-%u", cfg.pw_type);
+		genl_lock();
+	}
+#endif
 	if ((l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[cfg.pw_type] == NULL) ||
 	    (l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[cfg.pw_type]->session_create == NULL)) {
 		ret = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index f56c9f69e9f288b2d1f9da53257a5f64bf5dd067..1ad18c55064cafac516d2b719d9c1ba5f09c1b03 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -1863,3 +1863,4 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PPP over L2TP over UDP");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(PPPOL2TP_DRV_VERSION);
 MODULE_ALIAS("pppox-proto-" __stringify(PX_PROTO_OL2TP));
+MODULE_ALIAS_L2TP_PWTYPE(11);