diff --git a/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
index 430997e33fc4..55492fa095a2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -1577,3 +1577,4 @@ module_exit(atmel_serial_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Rick Bronson");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atmel AT91 / AT32 serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:atmel_usart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c b/drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c
index 0aa345b9a38b..46bb47f37b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,7 @@ static struct platform_driver bfin_serial_driver = {
 	.resume		= bfin_serial_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "bfin-uart",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1301,3 +1302,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Aubrey.Li <aubrey.li@analog.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Blackfin generic serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(BFIN_SERIAL_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bfin-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/imx.c b/drivers/serial/imx.c
index 56af1f566a4c..16ba9ac7a566 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/imx.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ static struct platform_driver serial_imx_driver = {
 	.resume		= serial_imx_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 	        .name	= "imx-uart",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1124,3 +1125,4 @@ module_exit(imx_serial_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IMX generic serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:imx-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mcf.c b/drivers/serial/mcf.c
index e76fc72c9b36..7e164e0cd211 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mcf.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mcf.c
@@ -649,5 +649,6 @@ module_exit(mcf_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Freescale ColdFire UART driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mcfuart");
 
 /****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
index a638f23c6c61..d93b3578c5e2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
@@ -1188,6 +1188,8 @@ mpc52xx_uart_resume(struct platform_device *dev)
 }
 #endif
 
+/* work with hotplug and coldplug */
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mpc52xx-psc");
 
 static struct platform_driver mpc52xx_uart_platform_driver = {
 	.probe		= mpc52xx_uart_probe,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
index cb3a91967742..e8819c43f57d 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
@@ -1964,6 +1964,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mpsc_driver = {
 	.remove	= mpsc_drv_remove,
 	.driver	= {
 		.name	= MPSC_CTLR_NAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -2007,3 +2008,4 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic Marvell MPSC serial/UART driver $Revision: 1.00 $");
 MODULE_VERSION(MPSC_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(MPSC_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" MPSC_CTLR_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/netx-serial.c b/drivers/serial/netx-serial.c
index b56f7db45031..3123ffeac8ad 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/netx-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/netx-serial.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ static struct platform_driver serial_netx_driver = {
 
 	.driver		= {
 		.name   = DRIVER_NAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -745,3 +746,4 @@ module_exit(netx_serial_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NetX serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/pnx8xxx_uart.c b/drivers/serial/pnx8xxx_uart.c
index 8d01c59e8d04..d0e5a79ea635 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/pnx8xxx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/pnx8xxx_uart.c
@@ -850,3 +850,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Embedded Alley Solutions, Inc.");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PNX8XXX SoCs serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(SERIAL_PNX8XXX_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pnx8xxx-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/pxa.c b/drivers/serial/pxa.c
index 352fcb8926a6..b4f7ffb7688d 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/pxa.c
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ static struct platform_driver serial_pxa_driver = {
 	.resume		= serial_pxa_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 	        .name	= "pxa2xx-uart",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -861,4 +862,4 @@ module_init(serial_pxa_init);
 module_exit(serial_pxa_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pxa2xx-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
index 45de19366030..4ffa2585429a 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
@@ -1935,3 +1935,7 @@ console_initcall(s3c24xx_serial_initconsole);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Samsung S3C2410/S3C2440/S3C2412 Serial port driver");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2400-uart");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2410-uart");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2412-uart");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2440-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sa1100.c b/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
index 58a83c27e14b..67b2338913c2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ static struct platform_driver sa11x0_serial_driver = {
 	.resume		= sa1100_serial_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "sa11x0-uart",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -917,3 +918,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Deep Blue Solutions Ltd");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SA1100 generic serial port driver $Revision: 1.50 $");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(SERIAL_SA1100_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:sa11x0-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sc26xx.c b/drivers/serial/sc26xx.c
index a350b6d2a181..ae2a9e2df777 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sc26xx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sc26xx.c
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@ static struct platform_driver sc26xx_driver = {
 	.remove	= __devexit_p(sc26xx_driver_remove),
 	.driver	= {
 		.name	= "SC26xx",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -753,3 +754,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Thomas Bogendörfer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SC681/SC2692 serial driver");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:SC26xx");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
index 9d244d1644e1..eff593080d4f 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -1552,3 +1552,4 @@ module_init(sci_init);
 module_exit(sci_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:sh-sci");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/serial/uartlite.c
index 4e06ab6bcb6e..b565d5a37499 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/uartlite.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/uartlite.c
@@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ static int __devexit ulite_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return ulite_release(&pdev->dev);
 }
 
+/* work with hotplug and coldplug */
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:uartlite");
+
 static struct platform_driver ulite_platform_driver = {
 	.probe	= ulite_probe,
 	.remove	= __devexit_p(ulite_remove),
diff --git a/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c b/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
index 6fd51b0022ca..98ab649c1ff9 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
@@ -960,3 +960,6 @@ static void __exit vr41xx_siu_exit(void)
 
 module_init(vr41xx_siu_init);
 module_exit(vr41xx_siu_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:SIU");