diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
index 7785861a730f..ff8e54a1ce20 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ in
           message = "networking.wireguard.interfaces.${interfaceName} peer «${peer.publicKey}» has both presharedKey and presharedKeyFile set, but only one can be used.";
         }) all_peers;
 
-    boot.extraModulePackages = [ kernel.wireguard ];
+    boot.extraModulePackages = optional (versionOlder kernel.kernel.version "5.6") kernel.wireguard;
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.wireguard-tools ];
 
     systemd.services =