diff --git a/units/systemd-sysctl.service.in b/units/systemd-sysctl.service.in
index 5c7c5d723e..ade9dc3007 100644
--- a/units/systemd-sysctl.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-sysctl.service.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Documentation=man:systemd-sysctl.service(8) man:sysctl.d(5)
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=shutdown.target
 After=systemd-readahead-collect.service systemd-readahead-replay.service
+After=systemd-modules-load.service
 Before=sysinit.target shutdown.target
 ConditionPathIsReadWrite=/proc/sys/