reverts https://lore.kernel.org/all/iwlwifi.20211210110539.1f742f0eb58a.I1315f22f6aa632d94ae2069f85e1bca5e734dce0@changeid/

--- b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
+++ a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
@@ -1597,8 +1597,15 @@
 	 * else from proceeding if the module fails to load
 	 * or hangs loading.
 	 */
+	if (load_module) {
-	if (load_module)
 		request_module("%s", op->name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_OPMODE_MODULAR
+		if (err)
+			IWL_ERR(drv,
+				"failed to load module %s (error %d), is dynamic loading enabled?\n",
+				op->name, err);
+#endif
+	}
 	failure = false;
 	goto free;