diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index ffa0b436129b..d771da816d95 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1016,3 +1016,4 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen virtual block device frontend");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(XENVBD_MAJOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("xen:vbd");
+MODULE_ALIAS("xenblk");
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index b3fa27e6c78a..e62018a36133 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1810,3 +1810,4 @@ module_exit(netif_exit);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen virtual network device frontend");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("xen:vif");
+MODULE_ALIAS("xennet");