diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
index 77f3298821b5..62a3a452f788 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ v4l2_async_nf_parse_fwnode_sensor(struct device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
+int __v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct module *module)
 {
 	struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier;
 	int ret;
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ int v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_cleanup;
 
-	ret = v4l2_async_register_subdev(sd);
+	ret = __v4l2_async_register_subdev(sd, module);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_unregister;
 
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ int v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("V4L2 fwnode binding parsing library");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-async.h b/include/media/v4l2-async.h
index f26c323e9c96..54a2d9620ed5 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-async.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-async.h
@@ -333,8 +333,10 @@ int __v4l2_async_register_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct module *module);
  * An error is returned if the module is no longer loaded on any attempts
  * to register it.
  */
+#define v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(sd) \
+	__v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(sd, THIS_MODULE)
 int __must_check
-v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);
+__v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct module *module);
 
 /**
  * v4l2_async_unregister_subdev - unregisters a sub-device to the asynchronous