diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
index ff61dd8748de..66c8e65f6872 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Point-to-Point Protocol Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption support");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ppp-compress-" __stringify(CI_MPPE));
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: arc4");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.0.2");
 
 static unsigned int