diff --git a/deb/common/control b/deb/common/control
index d82904ceb3..745cfdf977 100644
--- a/deb/common/control
+++ b/deb/common/control
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ Recommends: apparmor,
             ca-certificates,
             docker-ce-rootless-extras,
             git,
-            kmod,
             libltdl7,
             pigz,
             procps,
             xz-utils
-Suggests: cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite
+Suggests: cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite,
+            kmod,
 Conflicts: docker (<< 1.5~),
            docker-engine,
            docker.io
diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec b/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
index 8589492d02..451db2d5b1 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Packager: Docker <support@docker.com>
 
 Requires: /usr/sbin/groupadd
 # Provides modprobe, which we use to load br_netfilter if not loaded.
-Recommends: kmod
+Suggests: kmod
 Requires: docker-ce-cli
 Recommends: docker-ce-rootless-extras
 Requires: container-selinux