diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 2b7bb834ff40..023516a63276 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int mtd_part_of_parse(struct mtd_info *master,
 	struct device_node *np;
 	struct property *prop;
 	const char *compat;
-	const char *fixed = "ofpart";
+	const char *fixed = "fixed-partitions";
 	int ret, err = 0;
 
 	np = of_get_child_by_name(mtd_get_of_node(master), "partitions");
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int mtd_part_of_parse(struct mtd_info *master,
 	of_node_put(np);
 
 	/*
-	 * For backward compatibility we have to try the "ofpart"
+	 * For backward compatibility we have to try the "fixed-partitions"
 	 * parser. It supports old DT format with partitions specified as a
 	 * direct subnodes of a flash device DT node without any compatibility
 	 * specified we could match.
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
index 6bdf4e525677..9f497315e65d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ static bool node_has_compatible(struct device_node *pp)
 	return of_get_property(pp, "compatible", NULL);
 }
 
-static int parse_ofpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
-				   const struct mtd_partition **pparts,
-				   struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
+static int parse_fixed_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
+				  const struct mtd_partition **pparts,
+				  struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
 {
 	struct mtd_partition *parts;
 	struct device_node *mtd_node;
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ static int parse_ofpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
 }
 
 static struct mtd_part_parser ofpart_parser = {
-	.parse_fn = parse_ofpart_partitions,
-	.name = "ofpart",
+	.parse_fn = parse_fixed_partitions,
+	.name = "fixed-partitions",
 };
 
 static int parse_ofoldpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
@@ -229,4 +229,5 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Vitaly Wool, David Gibson");
  * with the same name. Since we provide the ofoldpart parser, we should have
  * the corresponding alias.
  */
+MODULE_ALIAS("fixed-partitions");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ofoldpart");