diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a7a93b47a9c6..8cc494d6f220 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 16104b5504fa8be130f7f127a5a1c7dd774efc44
+refs/heads/master: efedf51c866130945b5db755cb58670e60205d83
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/brd.c b/trunk/drivers/block/brd.c
index 680cdfc00b90..24b97b0bef99 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ module_param(max_part, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "Maximum number of partitions per RAM disk");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(RAMDISK_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("rd");
 
 #ifndef MODULE
 /* Legacy boot options - nonmodular */