diff --git a/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux.go b/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux.go
index 8b8996b46..39eeb4e1c 100644
--- a/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux.go
+++ b/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux.go
@@ -36,12 +36,19 @@ func (f *BridgeFingerprint) Fingerprint(req *FingerprintRequest, resp *Fingerpri
 }
 
 func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKMod(mod string) error {
-	dynErr := f.checkKDynMod(mod)
+	hostInfo, err := host.Info()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	dynErr := f.checkKModFile(mod, "/proc/modules", fmt.Sprintf("%s\\s+.*$", mod))
 	if dynErr == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	builtinErr := f.checkKBuiltinMod(mod)
+	builtinErr := f.checkKModFile(mod,
+		fmt.Sprintf("/lib/modules/%s/modules.builtin", hostInfo.KernelVersion),
+		fmt.Sprintf(".+\\/%s.ko$", mod))
 	if builtinErr == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -49,33 +56,7 @@ func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKMod(mod string) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("%v, %v", dynErr, builtinErr)
 }
 
-func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKDynMod(mod string) error {
-	file, err := os.Open("/proc/modules")
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not read /proc/modules: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer file.Close()
-
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	pattern := fmt.Sprintf("%s\\s+.*$", mod)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		if matched, err := regexp.MatchString(pattern, scanner.Text()); matched {
-			return nil
-		} else if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not parse /proc/modules: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return fmt.Errorf("could not detect dynamic kernel module %s", mod)
-}
-
-func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKBuiltinMod(mod string) error {
-	hostInfo, err := host.Info()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("/lib/modules/%s/modules.builtin", hostInfo.KernelVersion)
+func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKModFile(mod, fileName, pattern string) error {
 	file, err := os.Open(fileName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not read %s: %v", fileName, err)
@@ -83,7 +64,6 @@ func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKBuiltinMod(mod string) error {
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	pattern := fmt.Sprintf(".+\\/%s.ko$", mod)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		if matched, err := regexp.MatchString(pattern, scanner.Text()); matched {
 			return nil
@@ -92,5 +72,5 @@ func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKBuiltinMod(mod string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Errorf("could not detect builtin kernel module %s", mod)
+	return fmt.Errorf("could not detect kernel module %s", mod)
 }
diff --git a/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux_test.go b/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux_test.go
index 98ead3149..4e55c92dc 100644
--- a/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux_test.go
+++ b/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ func TestBridgeFingerprint_checkKMod(t *testing.T) {
 	require := require.New(t)
 	f := &BridgeFingerprint{}
 	require.NoError(f.checkKMod("ip_tables"))
-	require.NoError(f.checkKMod("bridge"))
 	require.Error(f.checkKMod("nonexistentmodule"))
 }