diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_api.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_api.c
index 8d0afd450bd6..0c31e146ecd9 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_api.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_api.c
@@ -3809,6 +3809,6 @@ static void __exit ipa_module_exit(void)
 }
 module_exit(ipa_module_exit);
 
-
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: subsys-pil-tz");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IPA HW device driver");