diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/Makefile b/drivers/usb/storage/Makefile
index a67ddcbb4e24..46635fa4a340 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ccflags-y := -I $(srctree)/drivers/scsi
 
+ccflags-y += -DDEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE=USB_STORAGE
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_UAS)		+= uas.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_STORAGE)	+= usb-storage.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
index 6b8edf6178df..ddab2cd3d2e7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Alauda-based card readers");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 /*
  * Status bytes
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
index 4825902377eb..a6f3267bbef6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SAT support for Cypress USB/ATA bridges with ATACB");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Matthieu Castet <castet.matthieu@free.fr>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 /*
  * The table of devices
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/datafab.c b/drivers/usb/storage/datafab.c
index 09353be199be..588818483f4b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/datafab.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/datafab.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Datafab USB Compact Flash reader");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jimmie Mayfield <mayfield+datafab@sackheads.org>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 struct datafab_info {
 	unsigned long   sectors;	/* total sector count */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c b/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
index c26129d5b943..8b1b73065421 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for ENE UB6250 reader");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(SD_INIT1_FIRMWARE);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(SD_INIT2_FIRMWARE);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(SD_RW_FIRMWARE);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c b/drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c
index 4f542df37a44..34e7eaff1174 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Freecom USB/IDE adaptor");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Brown <usb-storage@davidb.org>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG
 static void pdump(struct us_data *us, void *ibuffer, int length);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
index 2b474d60b4db..c4da3fd6eff9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for In-System Design, Inc. ISD200 ASIC");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Björn Stenberg <bjorn@haxx.se>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 static int isd200_Initialization(struct us_data *us);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/jumpshot.c b/drivers/usb/storage/jumpshot.c
index 917f170c4124..229bf0c1afc9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/jumpshot.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/jumpshot.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Lexar \"Jumpshot\" Compact Flash reader");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jimmie Mayfield <mayfield+usb@sackheads.org>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 /*
  * The table of devices
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/karma.c b/drivers/usb/storage/karma.c
index 395cf8fb5870..05cec81dcd3f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/karma.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/karma.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Rio Karma");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>, Keith Bennett <keith@mcs.st-and.ac.uk>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 #define RIO_PREFIX "RIOP\x00"
 #define RIO_PREFIX_LEN 5
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/onetouch.c b/drivers/usb/storage/onetouch.c
index 39a5009a41a6..a989fe930e21 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/onetouch.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/onetouch.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Maxtor USB OneTouch hard drive button driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Nick Sillik <n.sillik@temple.edu>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 #define ONETOUCH_PKT_LEN        0x02
 #define ONETOUCH_BUTTON         KEY_PROG1
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c b/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c
index cc794e25a0b6..edbe419053d6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Realtek USB Card Reader");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("wwang <wei_wang@realsil.com.cn>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 static int auto_delink_en = 1;
 module_param(auto_delink_en, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c b/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c
index bc9da736bdfc..51bcd4a43690 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for SanDisk SDDR-09 SmartMedia reader");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>, Robert Baruch <autophile@starband.net>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 static int usb_stor_sddr09_dpcm_init(struct us_data *us);
 static int sddr09_transport(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/sddr55.c b/drivers/usb/storage/sddr55.c
index b8527c55335b..ba955d65eb0e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/sddr55.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/sddr55.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for SanDisk SDDR-55 SmartMedia reader");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Simon Munton");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 /*
  * The table of devices
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c b/drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c
index 854498e1012c..54aa1392c9ca 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for SCM Microsystems (a.k.a. Shuttle) USB-ATAPI cable");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>, Robert Baruch <autophile@starband.net>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 
 /* Supported device types */
 #define USBAT_DEV_HP8200	0x01
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
index 047c5922618f..bf80d6f81f58 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
@@ -1219,5 +1219,6 @@ static struct usb_driver uas_driver = {
 module_usb_driver(uas_driver);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE);
 MODULE_AUTHOR(
 	"Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>, Matthew Wilcox and Sarah Sharp");
