diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index f0b37e155ce31edbf8e2668c66b8563ba9eb3c1b..be93a622872c7d89979de7a93e354c107124b9ea 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -964,5 +964,7 @@ static void __exit nfs4filelayout_exit(void)
 	pnfs_unregister_layoutdriver(&filelayout_type);
 }
 
+MODULE_ALIAS("nfs-layouttype4-1");
+
 module_init(nfs4filelayout_init);
 module_exit(nfs4filelayout_exit);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
index 7d49bb160b46915df53980464252cdb202336e94..9383ca7245bc7f3ef5a5eeeb9a3b64248f933079 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
@@ -1065,5 +1065,7 @@ objlayout_exit(void)
 	       __func__);
 }
 
+MODULE_ALIAS("nfs-layouttype4-2");
+
 module_init(objlayout_init);
 module_exit(objlayout_exit);