diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
index 44b308d93ec2496899a74bcc378d6e50fbb41055..e85f35b89c49a676e2736f1809e26a14c40743b8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Netfilter Core Team <coreteam@netfilter.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IPv4 packet filter");
+MODULE_ALIAS("ipt_icmp");
 
 void *ipt_alloc_initial_table(const struct xt_table *info)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
index 65c9e1a583056aa07b014ad4f701a2a234b9a26e..97f79dc943d793956040767cd649cd13c5bf4f37 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Netfilter Core Team <coreteam@netfilter.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IPv6 packet filter");
+MODULE_ALIAS("ip6t_icmp6");
 
 void *ip6t_alloc_initial_table(const struct xt_table *info)
 {