diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
index a2ab99698ca80..ddcc8259061bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
@@ -731,3 +731,4 @@ module_platform_driver(panfrost_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Panfrost Project Developers");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Panfrost DRM Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: governor_simpleondemand");