diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 1f1b1549f33f095d3268a75f52f1c882b5eb2c69..f91dd4565b81165658ebcb038ff9f8ac4d8ccbec 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1684,6 +1684,19 @@ static void check_sec_ref(struct module *mod, const char *modname,
 	}
 }
 
+static char *remove_dot(char *s)
+{
+	char *end;
+	int n = strcspn(s, ".");
+
+	if (n > 0 && s[n] != 0) {
+		strtoul(s + n + 1, &end, 10);
+		if  (end > s + n + 1 && (*end == '.' || *end == 0))
+			s[n] = 0;
+	}
+	return s;
+}
+
 static void read_symbols(char *modname)
 {
 	const char *symname;
@@ -1722,7 +1735,7 @@ static void read_symbols(char *modname)
 	}
 
 	for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
-		symname = info.strtab + sym->st_name;
+		symname = remove_dot(info.strtab + sym->st_name);
 
 		handle_modversions(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 		handle_moddevtable(mod, &info, sym, symname);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 51207e4d5f8bcae0add675e31cf579f28763d1d4..168b43dc0a59b6be4edea0fc5768fb2d63cfa440 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct elf_info {
 	Elf_Section  export_gpl_sec;
 	Elf_Section  export_unused_gpl_sec;
 	Elf_Section  export_gpl_future_sec;
-	const char   *strtab;
+	char         *strtab;
 	char	     *modinfo;
 	unsigned int modinfo_len;