diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-crypto.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-crypto.c
index 8e35777b4da5..b6c79bc177ad 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-crypto.c
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ static int adler32;
 
 int cfs_crypto_register(void)
 {
+	request_module("crc32c");
+
 	adler32 = cfs_crypto_adler32_register();
 
 	/* check all algorithms and do performance test */