diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 609ce846e..f75657467 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.29-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Martin Michlmayr ]
   * Broadcom SB: fix locking in set_irq_affinity.
+  * mmc: load mvsdio automatically when it's a platform device.
 
  -- dann frazier <dannf@debian.org>  Mon, 04 May 2009 13:40:51 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/bugfix/all/mvsdio-platform.patch b/debian/patches/bugfix/all/mvsdio-platform.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46b633e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/bugfix/all/mvsdio-platform.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mvsdio.c	2009-05-08 17:13:33.000000000 +0000
++++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mvsdio.c	2009-05-08 17:13:35.000000000 +0000
+@@ -880,3 +880,4 @@
+ MODULE_AUTHOR("Maen Suleiman, Nicolas Pitre");
+ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Marvell MMC,SD,SDIO Host Controller driver");
+ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
++MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mvsdio");
diff --git a/debian/patches/series/5 b/debian/patches/series/5
index 852dd59d6..d508fd1ba 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series/5
+++ b/debian/patches/series/5
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 + features/ia64/rtc-inline-LEAP_YEAR.patch
 + bugfix/all/0001-qla1280-Fix-off-by-some-error-in-firmware-loading.patch
 + bugfix/mips/sb-irq.patch
++ bugfix/all/mvsdio-platform.patch