diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index 904913290aa5..0befeeb522f4 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -949,3 +949,4 @@ module_platform_driver(spi_imx_driver);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SPI Master Controller driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer, Pengutronix");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);