diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
index 64b6de9763ee..1efdf9ff8679 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
@@ -581,4 +581,6 @@ static void rpmsg_chrdev_exit(void)
 	unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);
 }
 module_exit(rpmsg_chrdev_exit);
+
+MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg:rpmsg_chrdev");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");