diff --git a/sys/ofed/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/sys/ofed/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index 056ed1979ff..beef89e8bac 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/sys/ofed/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2414,6 +2414,6 @@ static moduledata_t mlx4ib_mod = {
         .evhand = mlx4ib_evhand,
 };
 
-DECLARE_MODULE(mlx4ib, mlx4ib_mod, SI_SUB_SMP, SI_ORDER_ANY);
+DECLARE_MODULE(mlx4ib, mlx4ib_mod, SI_SUB_OFED_PREINIT, SI_ORDER_ANY);
 MODULE_DEPEND(mlx4ib, mlx4, 1, 1, 1);
 MODULE_DEPEND(mlx4ib, ibcore, 1, 1, 1);
diff --git a/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/en_main.c b/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/en_main.c
index b56766bea6a..302be528544 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/en_main.c
+++ b/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/en_main.c
@@ -383,5 +383,5 @@ static moduledata_t mlxen_mod = {
         .name = "mlxen",
 	.evhand = mlxen_evhand,
 };
-DECLARE_MODULE(mlxen, mlxen_mod, SI_SUB_SMP, SI_ORDER_ANY);
+DECLARE_MODULE(mlxen, mlxen_mod, SI_SUB_OFED_PREINIT, SI_ORDER_ANY);
 MODULE_DEPEND(mlxen, mlx4, 1, 1, 1);
diff --git a/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/main.c b/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/main.c
index 907e63e8f54..c7388a0b803 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/sys/ofed/drivers/net/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2875,4 +2875,4 @@ static moduledata_t mlx4_mod = {
 	.evhand = mlx4_evhand,
 };
 MODULE_VERSION(mlx4, 1);
-DECLARE_MODULE(mlx4, mlx4_mod, SI_SUB_SMP, SI_ORDER_ANY);
+DECLARE_MODULE(mlx4, mlx4_mod, SI_SUB_OFED_PREINIT, SI_ORDER_ANY);
diff --git a/sys/ofed/include/linux/module.h b/sys/ofed/include/linux/module.h
index 8c83006841b..fc9d530676d 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/sys/ofed/include/linux/module.h
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 #define	EXPORT_SYMBOL(name)
 #define	EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(name)
 
+/* OFED pre-module initialization */
+#define	SI_SUB_OFED_PREINIT	(SI_SUB_KTHREAD_INIT - 2)
+/* OFED default module initialization */
+#define	SI_SUB_OFED_MODINIT	(SI_SUB_KTHREAD_INIT - 1)
+
 #include <sys/linker.h>
 
 static inline void
@@ -68,17 +73,17 @@ _module_run(void *arg)
 }
 
 #define	module_init(fn)							\
-	SYSINIT(fn, SI_SUB_LAST, SI_ORDER_FIRST, _module_run, (fn))
+	SYSINIT(fn, SI_SUB_OFED_MODINIT, SI_ORDER_FIRST, _module_run, (fn))
 
 /*
  * XXX This is a freebsdism designed to work around not having a module
  * load order resolver built in.
  */
 #define	module_init_order(fn, order)					\
-	SYSINIT(fn, SI_SUB_LAST, (order), _module_run, (fn))
+	SYSINIT(fn, SI_SUB_OFED_MODINIT, (order), _module_run, (fn))
 
 #define	module_exit(fn)						\
-	SYSUNINIT(fn, SI_SUB_LAST, SI_ORDER_FIRST, _module_run, (fn))
+	SYSUNINIT(fn, SI_SUB_OFED_MODINIT, SI_ORDER_FIRST, _module_run, (fn))
 
 #define	module_get(module)
 #define	module_put(module)