diff --git a/res/res_sip.c b/res/res_sip.c
index 18eead992cf723af2a7cae16f159616a61740f93..0aa167135956f87475af644530fa7eb55ebb88c4 100644
--- a/res/res_sip.c
+++ b/res/res_sip.c
@@ -902,5 +902,5 @@ AST_MODULE_INFO(ASTERISK_GPL_KEY, AST_MODFLAG_GLOBAL_SYMBOLS | AST_MODFLAG_LOAD_
 		.load = load_module,
 		.unload = unload_module,
 		.reload = reload_module,
-		.load_pri = AST_MODPRI_CHANNEL_DEPEND,
+		.load_pri = AST_MODPRI_CHANNEL_DEPEND - 5,
 );