diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/ac97.c b/sound/soc/codecs/ac97.c
index f5139ae51d8275b7643138c82b765c9af9adf9f5..3c087936aa57028b11b0567d5165088a4aa5aed9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/ac97.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/ac97.c
@@ -162,3 +162,4 @@ module_exit(ac97_exit);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Soc Generic AC97 driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Liam Girdwood");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ac97-codec");