diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index 577765cfa9864ae7911c42a840036d64c3b512d8..4afd3edbd64d018b340ae588d34c225d6c852fb9 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ const char *dsa_tag_protocol_to_str(const struct dsa_device_ops *ops)
 /* Function takes a reference on the module owning the tagger,
  * so dsa_tag_driver_put must be called afterwards.
  */
-const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_find_tagger_by_name(const char *name)
+const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_tag_driver_get_by_name(const char *name)
 {
 	const struct dsa_device_ops *ops = ERR_PTR(-ENOPROTOOPT);
 	struct dsa_tag_driver *dsa_tag_driver;
 
+	request_module("%s%s", DSA_TAG_DRIVER_ALIAS, name);
+
 	mutex_lock(&dsa_tag_drivers_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(dsa_tag_driver, &dsa_tag_drivers_list, list) {
 		const struct dsa_device_ops *tmp = dsa_tag_driver->ops;
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa2.c b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
index 4b31b025887083f7fa2ae50b88d6d5a98bc8ba17..f8df55e2e23ad3f34f63883fe1b1963407f58870 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa2.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ static int dsa_port_parse_cpu(struct dsa_port *dp, struct net_device *master,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		tag_ops = dsa_find_tagger_by_name(user_protocol);
+		tag_ops = dsa_tag_driver_get_by_name(user_protocol);
 		if (IS_ERR(tag_ops)) {
 			dev_warn(ds->dev,
 				 "Failed to find a tagging driver for protocol %s, using default\n",
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h b/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
index 0d33a22e3087c99e7734397d742008305c16ddf9..24e0ea218a35a3784f4d0c2230eba950347b48d4 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ struct dsa_slave_priv {
 
 /* dsa.c */
 const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_tag_driver_get_by_id(int tag_protocol);
+const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_tag_driver_get_by_name(const char *name);
 void dsa_tag_driver_put(const struct dsa_device_ops *ops);
-const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_find_tagger_by_name(const char *name);
 
 bool dsa_db_equal(const struct dsa_db *a, const struct dsa_db *b);
 
diff --git a/net/dsa/master.c b/net/dsa/master.c
index f443bf4a3c8c110668a376b93d7a0b34da934055..e24f02743c2119f8fa0aed14b59db1a6298b3fec 100644
--- a/net/dsa/master.c
+++ b/net/dsa/master.c
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ static ssize_t tagging_store(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	old_tag_ops = cpu_dp->tag_ops;
-	new_tag_ops = dsa_find_tagger_by_name(name);
+	new_tag_ops = dsa_tag_driver_get_by_name(name);
 	kfree(name);
-	/* Bad tagger name, or module is not loaded? */
+	/* Bad tagger name? */
 	if (IS_ERR(new_tag_ops))
 		return PTR_ERR(new_tag_ops);