diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 4f4483e697bd..e528a42a52be 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ville Nuorvala");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IPv6 tunneling device");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NETDEV("ip6tnl0");
 
 #ifdef IP6_TNL_DEBUG
 #define IP6_TNL_TRACE(x...) printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s:" x "\n", __func__)