diff --git a/lisa/_kmod.py b/lisa/_kmod.py
index 7c6d429ed3baef93c4020f28055568b2cf808d5d..9f320d4fd7cf0ae3ac00a76c31f040773327ff15 100644
--- a/lisa/_kmod.py
+++ b/lisa/_kmod.py
@@ -2767,21 +2767,36 @@ class LISADynamicKmod(FtraceDynamicKmod):
 
         base_path, kmod_filename = guess_kmod_path()
         logger.debug(f'Looking for pre-installed {kmod_filename} module in {base_path}')
+
+        super_ = super()
+        def preinstalled_broken(e):
+            logger.debug(f'Pre-installed {kmod_filename} is unsuitable, recompiling: {e}')
+            return super_.install(kmod_params=kmod_params)
+
         try:
             kmod_path = target.execute(
                 f"{busybox} find {base_path} -name {quote(kmod_filename)}"
             ).strip()
+        except TargetStableCalledProcessError as e:
+            ret = preinstalled_broken(e)
+        else:
+            if kmod_path:
 
-            @contextlib.contextmanager
-            def kmod_cm():
-                yield kmod_path
+                if len(kmod_path.splitlines()) > 1:
+                    ret = preinstalled_broken(FileNotFoundError(kmod_filename))
+                else:
+                    @contextlib.contextmanager
+                    def kmod_cm():
+                        yield kmod_path
 
-            ret = self._install(kmod_cm(), kmod_params=kmod_params)
-        except (TargetStableCalledProcessError, KmodVersionError) as e:
-            logger.debug(f'Pre-installed {kmod_filename} is unsuitable, recompiling: {e}')
-            ret = super().install(kmod_params=kmod_params)
-        else:
-            logger.warning(f'Loaded "{self.mod_name}" module from pre-installed location: {kmod_path}. This implies that the module was compiled by a 3rd party, which is available but unsupported. If you experience issues related to module version mismatch in the future, please contact them for updating the module. This may break at any time, without notice, and regardless of the general backward compatibility policy of LISA.')
+                    try:
+                        ret = self._install(kmod_cm(), kmod_params=kmod_params)
+                    except (TargetStableCalledProcessError, KmodVersionError) as e:
+                        ret = preinstalled_broken(e)
+                    else:
+                        logger.warning(f'Loaded "{self.mod_name}" module from pre-installed location: {kmod_path}. This implies that the module was compiled by a 3rd party, which is available but unsupported. If you experience issues related to module version mismatch in the future, please contact them for updating the module. This may break at any time, without notice, and regardless of the general backward compatibility policy of LISA.')
+            else:
+                ret = preinstalled_broken(FileNotFoundError(kmod_filename))
 
         return ret