diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 8606b6caa21b7408f4982bfa98a68b46eb302e89..9e70a6ac1fcb1b592818f3b9456cbe0f67623f9f 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1971,8 +1971,7 @@ static void read_symbols(char *modname)
 		handle_modversions(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 		handle_moddevtable(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 	}
-	if (!is_vmlinux(modname) ||
-	     (is_vmlinux(modname) && vmlinux_section_warnings))
+	if (!is_vmlinux(modname) || vmlinux_section_warnings)
 		check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info);
 
 	version = get_modinfo(&info, "version");