diff --git a/include/net/tc_act/tc_ife.h b/include/net/tc_act/tc_ife.h
index 30ba459ddd34..104578f16062 100644
--- a/include/net/tc_act/tc_ife.h
+++ b/include/net/tc_act/tc_ife.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct tcf_meta_ops {
 	struct module	*owner;
 };
 
-#define MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META(metan)   MODULE_ALIAS("ifemeta" __stringify_1(metan))
+#define MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META(metan)   MODULE_ALIAS("ife-meta-" metan)
 
 int ife_get_meta_u32(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_meta_info *mi);
 int ife_get_meta_u16(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_meta_info *mi);
diff --git a/net/sched/act_ife.c b/net/sched/act_ife.c
index 8ccd35825b6b..e0bc228c1218 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ife.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ife.c
@@ -248,6 +248,20 @@ static int ife_validate_metatype(struct tcf_meta_ops *ops, void *val, int len)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static const char *ife_meta_id2name(u32 metaid)
+{
+	switch (metaid) {
+	case IFE_META_SKBMARK:
+		return "skbmark";
+	case IFE_META_PRIO:
+		return "skbprio";
+	case IFE_META_TCINDEX:
+		return "tcindex";
+	default:
+		return "unknown";
+	}
+}
+
 /* called when adding new meta information
  * under ife->tcf_lock for existing action
 */
@@ -263,7 +277,7 @@ static int load_metaops_and_vet(struct tcf_ife_info *ife, u32 metaid,
 		if (exists)
 			spin_unlock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
 		rtnl_unlock();
-		request_module("ifemeta%u", metaid);
+		request_module("ife-meta-%s", ife_meta_id2name(metaid));
 		rtnl_lock();
 		if (exists)
 			spin_lock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
diff --git a/net/sched/act_meta_mark.c b/net/sched/act_meta_mark.c
index 82892170ce4f..1e3f10e5da99 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_meta_mark.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_meta_mark.c
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ module_exit(ifemark_cleanup_module);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamal Hadi Salim(2015)");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Inter-FE skb mark metadata module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META(IFE_META_SKBMARK);
+MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META("skbmark");
diff --git a/net/sched/act_meta_skbprio.c b/net/sched/act_meta_skbprio.c
index 26bf4d86030b..4033f9fc4d4a 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_meta_skbprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_meta_skbprio.c
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ module_exit(ifeprio_cleanup_module);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamal Hadi Salim(2015)");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Inter-FE skb prio metadata action");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META(IFE_META_PRIO);
+MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META("skbprio");
diff --git a/net/sched/act_meta_skbtcindex.c b/net/sched/act_meta_skbtcindex.c
index 3b35774ce890..2ea1f26c9e96 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_meta_skbtcindex.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_meta_skbtcindex.c
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ module_exit(ifetc_index_cleanup_module);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamal Hadi Salim(2016)");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Inter-FE skb tc_index metadata module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META(IFE_META_SKBTCINDEX);
+MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META("tcindex");