diff --git a/drivers/hid/uhid.c b/drivers/hid/uhid.c
index fc307e0422af..9ab7dfc6c72c 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/uhid.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/uhid.c
@@ -659,3 +659,4 @@ module_exit(uhid_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem");
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:" UHID_NAME);