diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index b653d7c0a05a..42999fe2dbd0 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void trim_init_extable(struct module *m);
 #ifdef MODULE
 /* Creates an alias so file2alias.c can find device table. */
 #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)					\
-  extern const struct type##_device_id __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table \
+extern const typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table		\
   __attribute__ ((unused, alias(__stringify(name))))
 #else  /* !MODULE */
 #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)