diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index fdabf2675b63fefed7e93ad994e35e7f7b3844d5..9de27daa98b47b7c8503c5615dd5f4c2fea9fb60 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -1295,3 +1295,4 @@ module_exit(crypto_algapi_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Cryptographic algorithms API");
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: cryptomgr");
diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index c4eda56cff8917e08c2de3b0ada13df291c785ab..5ffcd3ab4a75309edcd605122d9cf9b1c7b5b978 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -603,4 +603,3 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_req_done);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Cryptographic core API");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: cryptomgr");