diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
index fb5ed6478f78e66b5b86ad42ee08c6e20864585b..ae0fca5e8749e450308f9b14b1a92f061c5cdd44 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ static int at32_wdt_resume(struct platform_device *pdev)
 #define at32_wdt_resume NULL
 #endif
 
+/* work with hotplug and coldplug */
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:at32_wdt");
+
 static struct platform_driver at32_wdt_driver = {
 	.remove		= __exit_p(at32_wdt_remove),
 	.suspend	= at32_wdt_suspend,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
index a684b1e873723732836b638b3c52cece15cc0f92..9ff9a9565320628d5b73c7637e5fd5754b9896ee 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
@@ -286,3 +286,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Victor");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Atmel AT91RM9200");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:at91_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
index a61cbd48dc07d4a7ba23358cafd61b078cb62fc0..1782c79eff0646ad9b2aa5b4eb63b36e100d2cca 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ static int davinci_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver platform_wdt_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "watchdog",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe = davinci_wdt_probe,
 	.remove = davinci_wdt_remove,
@@ -277,3 +278,4 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(heartbeat,
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:watchdog");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
index e3a29c3023095ed8ca8e53bf667f16ce865bf095..df5a6b811ccd4d5f0004feeb3e6d856267de4892 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
@@ -306,3 +306,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Victor");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for KS8695");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ks8695_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mpc83xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mpc83xx_wdt.c
index 6369f569517f1fd72fb7efdb0bd067224de60b2a..b16c5cd972ebaa06bea4e63febb62e123c60229e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mpc83xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpc83xx_wdt.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mpc83xx_wdt_driver = {
 	.remove		= __devexit_p(mpc83xx_wdt_remove),
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "mpc83xx_wdt",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -226,3 +227,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Dave Updegraff, Kumar Gala");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for watchdog timer in MPC83xx uProcessor");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mpc83xx_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
index 0d2b2773541980877c82def91e1eb28d47150d2d..009573b81496fa060bc8bb33722bf46337be1641 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ static int __devexit mpcore_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* work with hotplug and coldplug */
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mpcore_wdt");
+
 static struct platform_driver mpcore_wdt_driver = {
 	.probe		= mpcore_wdt_probe,
 	.remove		= __devexit_p(mpcore_wdt_remove),
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
index 10b89f2703bdf37e6a70a8aef124600177620b7f..a8e67383784e4918eea9ccb84b56b6b2cc7177a0 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mtx1_wdt = {
 	.probe = mtx1_wdt_probe,
 	.remove = mtx1_wdt_remove,
 	.driver.name = "mtx1-wdt",
+	.driver.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
 static int __init mtx1_wdt_init(void)
@@ -262,3 +263,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Stickel, Florian Fainelli");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the MTX-1 watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mtx1-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
index 0365c317f7e1a960ea91c8e94cf8b24cd029ab69..b59ca3273967eb3df500e7958e1f11503409862a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
@@ -324,3 +324,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MV64x60 watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" MV64x60_WDT_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
index 635ca454f56bafc6f52f4752a6be5ebdddc17940..74bc39aa1ce87b1b7715e88e1c11ab4f114a94d4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
@@ -387,3 +387,4 @@ module_exit(omap_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("George G. Davis");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:omap_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
index b04aa096a10a491a739d12eab9bda3e7a763c31a..6b8483d3c783197b83c696bccfd83648ea43b825 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ static int pnx4008_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver platform_wdt_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "watchdog",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe = pnx4008_wdt_probe,
 	.remove = pnx4008_wdt_remove,
@@ -354,3 +355,4 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:watchdog");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
index 7645e8812156c97423b9e97ad37e84f81571ef65..98532c0e0689c93726976cb3507385321849f828 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
@@ -561,3 +561,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk>, "
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("S3C2410 Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2410-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
index 328b3c7211ef5a8ec62fc77434099af6fa20a7ba..57cefef27ce3a728f36b9b9a8e497bfb71638ed3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
@@ -274,3 +274,4 @@ module_exit(watchdog_exit);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TXx9 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:txx9wdt");