diff --git a/fs/autofs/Makefile b/fs/autofs/Makefile
index 43fedde15c26..1f85d35ec8b7 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/autofs/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # Makefile for the linux autofs-filesystem routines.
 #
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS) += autofs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS) += autofs4.o
 
-autofs-objs := init.o inode.o root.o symlink.o waitq.o expire.o dev-ioctl.o
+autofs4-objs := init.o inode.o root.o symlink.o waitq.o expire.o dev-ioctl.o
diff --git a/fs/autofs/init.c b/fs/autofs/init.c
index cc9447e1903f..79ae07d9592f 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/init.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/init.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static struct file_system_type autofs_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb	= autofs_kill_sb,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("autofs");
-MODULE_ALIAS("autofs4");
+MODULE_ALIAS("autofs");
 
 static int __init init_autofs_fs(void)
 {