diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index e70ad581398e7f4424c9bf81dee6fcb1d6b4b62e..988f52fba54a172bc1c49a692393f121314ba444 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -913,3 +913,4 @@ static void __exit ipip_fini(void)
 module_init(ipip_init);
 module_exit(ipip_fini);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("tunl0");