diff --git a/qca-nss-ecm/Makefile b/qca-nss-ecm/Makefile
index a9b135f..120f52b 100644
--- a/qca-nss-ecm/Makefile
+++ b/qca-nss-ecm/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=qca-nss-ecm
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/qsdk/oss/lklm/qca-nss-ecm.git
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
diff --git a/qca-nss-ecm/files/qca-nss-ecm.init b/qca-nss-ecm/files/qca-nss-ecm.init
index e49c36b..e57c573 100644
--- a/qca-nss-ecm/files/qca-nss-ecm.init
+++ b/qca-nss-ecm/files/qca-nss-ecm.init
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ load_ecm() {
     local get_front_end_mode
     get_front_end_mode="$(get_front_end_mode)"
     modinfo ecm | awk '/depends/{gsub(",","\n",$NF);print $NF}' | xargs -r -n 1 modprobe
-    insmod ecm front_end_selection="$get_front_end_mode"
+    touch /etc/modules.conf
+    grep -q "options ecm" /etc/modules.conf || echo "options ecm front_end_selection=$get_front_end_mode" >> /etc/modules.conf
+    modprobe ecm
     echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/ecm/ecm_classifier_default/accel_delay_pkts
   }