diff --git a/build/tasks/kernel.mk b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
index b9e0b3fb..64ef99bb 100644
--- a/build/tasks/kernel.mk
+++ b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ VARIANT_DEFCONFIG := $(TARGET_KERNEL_VARIANT_CONFIG)
 SELINUX_DEFCONFIG := $(TARGET_KERNEL_SELINUX_CONFIG)
 # dtb generation - optional
 TARGET_MERGE_DTBS_WILDCARD ?= *
+# recovery modules.load fallback - optional
+BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD ?= $(BOARD_RECOVERY_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD)
 
 ## Internal variables
 DTC := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/dtc
@@ -551,7 +553,7 @@ $(TARGET_PREBUILT_INT_KERNEL): $(KERNEL_CONFIG) $(DEPMOD) $(DTC) $(KERNEL_MODULE
 					if [ -n "$$p" ]; then echo $$p; else echo "ERROR: $$m from RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES was not found" 1>&2 && exit 1; fi; \
 				done); \
 				[ $$? -ne 0 ] && exit 1; \
-				($(call build-image-kernel-modules-lineage,$$recovery_modules,$(KERNEL_RECOVERY_MODULES_OUT),,$(KERNEL_RECOVERY_DEPMOD_STAGING_DIR),$(BOARD_RECOVERY_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),,,)) || exit "$$?"; \
+				($(call build-image-kernel-modules-lineage,$$recovery_modules,$(KERNEL_RECOVERY_MODULES_OUT),,$(KERNEL_RECOVERY_DEPMOD_STAGING_DIR),$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),,,)) || exit "$$?"; \
 			) \
 		fi