diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h b/include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h
index 3c668cb1e344..15cc9b95e32b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h
@@ -77,5 +77,16 @@ extern int add_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev);
 extern int del_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev);
 extern int mtd_blktrans_cease_background(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev);
 
+/**
+ * module_mtd_blktrans() - Helper macro for registering a mtd blktrans driver
+ * @__mtd_blktrans: mtd_blktrans_ops struct
+ *
+ * Helper macro for mtd blktrans drivers which do not do anything special in
+ * module init/exit. This eliminates a lot of boilerplate. Each module may only
+ * use this macro once, and calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit()
+ */
+#define module_mtd_blktrans(__mtd_blktrans) \
+	module_driver(__mtd_blktrans, register_mtd_blktrans, \
+					deregister_mtd_blktrans)
 
 #endif /* __MTD_TRANS_H__ */