diff --git a/crypto/Makefile b/crypto/Makefile
index b29402a7b9b5..38e64231dcd3 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/crypto/Makefile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_SALSA20) += salsa20_generic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEFLATE) += deflate.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_ZLIB) += zlib.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC) += michael_mic.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32C) += crc32c.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32C) += crc32c_generic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32) += crc32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRCT10DIF) += crct10dif_common.o crct10dif_generic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_AUTHENC) += authenc.o authencesn.o
diff --git a/crypto/crc32c.c b/crypto/crc32c_generic.c
similarity index 98%
rename from crypto/crc32c.c
rename to crypto/crc32c_generic.c
index 06f7018c9d95..d9c7beba8e50 100644
--- a/crypto/crc32c.c
+++ b/crypto/crc32c_generic.c
@@ -170,3 +170,5 @@ module_exit(crc32c_mod_fini);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Clay Haapala <chaapala@cisco.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CRC32c (Castagnoli) calculations wrapper for lib/crc32c");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("crc32c");
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: crc32c");