diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 97b91d1..fde8667 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -443,6 +443,13 @@
 	struct dmi_strmatch matches[4];
 	void *driver_data;
 };
+/*
+ * struct dmi_device_id appears during expansion of
+ * "MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, x)". Compiler doesn't look inside it
+ * but this is enough for gcc 3.4.6 to error out:
+ *	error: storage size of '__mod_dmi_device_table' isn't known
+ */
+#define dmi_device_id dmi_system_id
 #endif
 
 #define DMI_MATCH(a, b)	{ a, b }