diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 71b10b210792..4e3c27e77768 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <linux/mlx5/qp.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/srq.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h>
 #include "mlx5_core.h"
 
@@ -840,6 +841,8 @@ struct mlx5_core_event_handler {
 		      void *data);
 };
 
+#define MLX5_IB_MOD "mlx5_ib"
+
 static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		    const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
@@ -878,6 +881,10 @@ static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto out_init;
 	}
 
+	err = request_module_nowait(MLX5_IB_MOD);
+	if (err)
+		pr_info("failed request module on %s\n", MLX5_IB_MOD);
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_init: