diff --git a/src/core/kmod-setup.c b/src/core/kmod-setup.c
index 97f3b9b34..6b2f29585 100644
--- a/src/core/kmod-setup.c
+++ b/src/core/kmod-setup.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int kmod_setup(void) {
                 { "autofs4",   "/sys/class/misc/autofs",    true,  NULL                },
 
                 /* early configure of ::1 on the loopback device */
-                { "ipv6",      "/sys/module/ipv6",          true,  NULL                },
+                { "ipv6",      "/sys/module/ipv6",          false,  NULL               },
 
                 /* this should never be a module */
                 { "unix",      "/proc/net/unix",            true,  NULL                },