diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
index 29a7cd4b90c839cdb8986dee2bc526a15a07f733..b146082bd85a977410bc240c9bf041f41d63e8b4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
@@ -329,4 +329,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GE watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform: gef_wdt");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:gef_wdt");