1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 5e7486a81..57e19b4ab 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -496,11 +496,15 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep(void)
         /*
          * First parse system-specific options and aliases
          * as they take precedence over the kernel ones.
+         * >=2.6: we only care about modprobe.conf
+         * <=2.4: we care about modules.conf and conf.modules
          */
-        if (!ENABLE_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
-         || (fd = open("/etc/modprobe.conf", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-                if ((fd = open("/etc/modules.conf", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-                        fd = open("/etc/conf.modules", O_RDONLY);
+        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
+         && (fd = open("/etc/modprobe.conf", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+                if (ENABLE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
+                 && (fd = open("/etc/modules.conf", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+                        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES)
+                                fd = open("/etc/conf.modules", O_RDONLY);
 
         if (fd >= 0) {
                 include_conf(&first, &current, buffer, sizeof(buffer), fd);