diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index a5d66e205bb2..2caac0c37059 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3510,6 +3510,7 @@ module_init(macsec_init);
 module_exit(macsec_exit);
 
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("macsec");
+MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY("macsec");
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MACsec IEEE 802.1AE");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");