diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index 6caf2ec648fdb7b535afcddd47a9c82564ff5ae8..cc6a497a0e50930f202abceef8bbe8bca1808bb8 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_tag_driver_get(int tag_protocol)
 	const struct dsa_device_ops *ops;
 	bool found = false;
 
-	request_module("%s%d", DSA_TAG_DRIVER_ALIAS, tag_protocol);
+	request_module("%sid-%d", DSA_TAG_DRIVER_ALIAS, tag_protocol);
 
 	mutex_lock(&dsa_tag_drivers_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(dsa_tag_driver, &dsa_tag_drivers_list, list) {
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h b/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
index 23d2dfdbc1abec08a8527cbc276b7964e50412c2..383d224c8143afb03d9b3080ba49b148210bbf7e 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 
 #define DSA_MAX_NUM_OFFLOADING_BRIDGES		BITS_PER_LONG
 
-#define DSA_TAG_DRIVER_ALIAS "dsa_tag-"
-#define MODULE_ALIAS_DSA_TAG_DRIVER(__proto)				\
-	MODULE_ALIAS(DSA_TAG_DRIVER_ALIAS __stringify(__proto##_VALUE))
+#define DSA_TAG_DRIVER_ALIAS "dsa_tag:"
+#define MODULE_ALIAS_DSA_TAG_DRIVER(__proto) \
+	MODULE_ALIAS(DSA_TAG_DRIVER_ALIAS "id-" \
+		     __stringify(__proto##_VALUE))
 
 struct dsa_tag_driver {
 	const struct dsa_device_ops *ops;