diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
index 8b6810bad54b73fc90da579521e1e20050933aac..7580ccc50e1d45c8931c990b3a31ed3233ea4433 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
@@ -1376,3 +1376,4 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Harald Welte <hwelte@sysmocom.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Interface driver for GTP encapsulated traffic");
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("gtp");
+MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY("gtp");