diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index f0537f3f6366a0bd510e975fb02800b0093283f1..2330a9ad5e9568c2e4e1944e76eca10f7c5cdb53 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -826,3 +826,4 @@ static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
 module_init(xen_blkif_init);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("xen-backend:vbd");