diff --git a/sys/i386/include/param.h b/sys/i386/include/param.h
index 1c4b41a7bf75..5d67e7367ef5 100644
--- a/sys/i386/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/i386/include/param.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 #define PDRMASK		(NBPDR-1)
 
 /* PREEMPTION exposes scheduler bugs that need to be fixed. */
-#ifdef _KERNEL
+#if defined(_KERNEL) && !defined(KLD_MODULE)
 #include "opt_sched.h"
 #ifdef SCHED_4BSD
 #define	PREEMPTION