diff --git a/tests/sg3_utils_smoke/runtest.sh b/tests/sg3_utils_smoke/runtest.sh
index b59acae..1fd48da 100755
--- a/tests/sg3_utils_smoke/runtest.sh
+++ b/tests/sg3_utils_smoke/runtest.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ rlJournalStart
     rlPhaseStartSetup
         rlAssertRpm --all
 
+        # Make sure the sg driver is loaded
+        rlRun "modprobe -v sg"
         # Choose first scsi_debug disk device
         rlRun "modprobe -v scsi_debug scsi_level=2"
         sleep 1