diff -Nru kmod-13.orig/libkmod/libkmod-module.c kmod-13/libkmod/libkmod-module.c
--- kmod-13.orig/libkmod/libkmod-module.c	2013-04-26 18:23:58.080751735 +0200
+++ kmod-13/libkmod/libkmod-module.c	2013-04-26 18:24:44.050393418 +0200
@@ -808,19 +808,6 @@
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	if (kmod_file_get_direct(file)) {
-		unsigned int kernel_flags = 0;
-
-		if (flags & KMOD_INSERT_FORCE_VERMAGIC)
-			kernel_flags |= MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC;
-		if (flags & KMOD_INSERT_FORCE_MODVERSION)
-			kernel_flags |= MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_MODVERSIONS;
-
-		err = finit_module(kmod_file_get_fd(file), args, kernel_flags);
-		if (err == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
-			goto init_finished;
-	}
-
 	size = kmod_file_get_size(file);
 	mem = kmod_file_get_contents(file);
 
@@ -847,14 +834,6 @@
 	}
 
 	err = init_module(mem, size, args);
-init_finished:
-	if (err < 0) {
-		err = -errno;
-		INFO(mod->ctx, "Failed to insert module '%s': %m\n", path);
-	}
-
-	if (elf != NULL)
-		kmod_elf_unref(elf);
 elf_failed:
 	kmod_file_unref(file);