diff --git a/kernel/module_signing.c b/kernel/module_signing.c
index f2075ce8e4b3..6b9a926fd86b 100644
--- a/kernel/module_signing.c
+++ b/kernel/module_signing.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ int mod_verify_sig(const void *mod, struct load_info *info)
 	}
 
 	return verify_pkcs7_signature(mod, modlen, mod + modlen, sig_len,
-				      NULL, VERIFYING_MODULE_SIGNATURE,
+				      VERIFY_USE_SECONDARY_KEYRING,
+				      VERIFYING_MODULE_SIGNATURE,
 				      NULL, NULL);
 }