diff --git a/sys/conf/files b/sys/conf/files
index b4f059b52606..64874823223b 100644
--- a/sys/conf/files
+++ b/sys/conf/files
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ ufs/ffs/ffs_balloc.c	optional ffs
 ufs/ffs/ffs_balloc.c	optional mfs
 ufs/ffs/ffs_inode.c	optional ffs
 ufs/ffs/ffs_inode.c	optional mfs
-ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep_stub.c	optional ffs
+ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep_stub.c	standard
 ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c	optional softupdates
 ufs/ffs/ffs_subr.c	optional ffs
 ufs/ffs/ffs_subr.c	optional mfs