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diff --git a/include/linux/crypto.h b/include/linux/crypto.h
index 208a63290b23..9c8776d0ada8 100644
--- a/include/linux/crypto.h
+++ b/include/linux/crypto.h
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
/*
+ * Autoloaded crypto modules should only use a prefixed name to avoid allowing
+ * arbitrary modules to be loaded. Loading from userspace may still need the
+ * unprefixed names, so retains those aliases as well.
+ * This uses __MODULE_INFO directly instead of MODULE_ALIAS because pre-4.3
+ * gcc (e.g. avr32 toolchain) uses __LINE__ for uniqueness, and this macro
+ * expands twice on the same line. Instead, use a separate base name for the
+ * alias.
+ */
+#define MODULE_ALIAS_CRYPTO(name) \
+ __MODULE_INFO(alias, alias_userspace, name); \
+ __MODULE_INFO(alias, alias_crypto, "crypto-" name)
+
+/*
* Algorithm masks and types.
*/
#define CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK 0x0000000f