diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
index c7dbb9d..7ecbfc4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* work with hotplug and coldplug */
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:i2c_davinci");
+
 static struct platform_driver davinci_i2c_driver = {
 	.probe		= davinci_i2c_probe,
 	.remove		= davinci_i2c_remove,