diff --git a/init/first_stage_init.cpp b/init/first_stage_init.cpp
index 749266e..cc5f658 100644
--- a/init/first_stage_init.cpp
+++ b/init/first_stage_init.cpp
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@
     else if (bootconfig.find("androidboot.load_modules_parallel_mode = \"performance\"")
         != std::string::npos)
         want_parallel_mode = Modprobe::LoadParallelMode::PERFORMANCE;
+    else if (bootconfig.find("androidboot.load_modules_parallel = \"conservative\"")
+        != std::string::npos)
+        want_parallel_mode = Modprobe::LoadParallelMode::CONSERVATIVE;
 
     boot_clock::time_point module_start_time = boot_clock::now();
     int module_count = 0;
diff --git a/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h b/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
index 2d5145c..55931b7 100644
--- a/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
+++ b/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
       NONE = 0,
       NORMAL,
       PERFORMANCE,
+      CONSERVATIVE,
     };
 
     Modprobe(const std::vector<std::string>&, const std::string load_file = "modules.load",
diff --git a/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp b/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
index 5f3419d..c43ad96 100644
--- a/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
+++ b/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
 
                 if (mode == LoadParallelMode::PERFORMANCE)
                     cv_update_module.notify_one();
-                else if (mode == LoadParallelMode::NORMAL && sleeping_threads == num_threads)
+                else if (sleeping_threads == num_threads)
                     cv_update_module.notify_one();
 
                 cv_load_module.wait(lock, [&](){
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@
                 else
                     parallel_modules.emplace_back(cnd_last);
             }
+
+            if (mode == LoadParallelMode::CONSERVATIVE &&
+                parallel_modules.size() >= num_threads)
+                break;
         }
 
         cv_load_module.notify_all();