diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 5e1ab11608560799bb6d956b213d06f58b8fc45e..98e4deaa3a6a1c2f89d55e8f2db54b6fc93380be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3521,6 +3521,7 @@ module_init(macsec_init);
 module_exit(macsec_exit);
 
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("macsec");
+MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY("macsec");
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MACsec IEEE 802.1AE");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");