diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 8c5909c0076c6e1e75fde683574769085cef6cc5..514bc81568c52205a3da8047505dd302b0a14e37 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -879,11 +879,13 @@ static inline bool module_sig_ok(struct module *module)
 #endif	/* CONFIG_MODULE_SIG */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(CONFIG_KALLSYMS)
-int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
+int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(const char *modname,
+				   int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
 					     struct module *, unsigned long),
 				   void *data);
 #else
-static inline int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
+static inline int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(const char *modname,
+						 int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
 						 struct module *, unsigned long),
 						 void *data)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 201f0c0482fb56dbaccb5c4eeb414c4dd3de9aba..c973ed9e42f8177b116d22549bb348315f1edcd1 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ static struct klp_object *klp_find_object(struct klp_patch *patch,
 }
 
 struct klp_find_arg {
-	const char *objname;
 	const char *name;
 	unsigned long addr;
 	unsigned long count;
@@ -148,15 +147,9 @@ static int klp_find_callback(void *data, const char *name,
 {
 	struct klp_find_arg *args = data;
 
-	if ((mod && !args->objname) || (!mod && args->objname))
-		return 0;
-
 	if (strcmp(args->name, name))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (args->objname && strcmp(args->objname, mod->name))
-		return 0;
-
 	return klp_match_callback(data, addr);
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +157,6 @@ static int klp_find_object_symbol(const char *objname, const char *name,
 				  unsigned long sympos, unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	struct klp_find_arg args = {
-		.objname = objname,
 		.name = name,
 		.addr = 0,
 		.count = 0,
@@ -172,7 +164,7 @@ static int klp_find_object_symbol(const char *objname, const char *name,
 	};
 
 	if (objname)
-		module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(klp_find_callback, &args);
+		module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(objname, klp_find_callback, &args);
 	else
 		kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol(klp_match_callback, name, &args);
 
diff --git a/kernel/module/kallsyms.c b/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
index 4523f99b03589e3cdfe20a80c57cb1fa589ca9de..ab2376a1be88e7e6960d9544e08fdb83a5cba484 100644
--- a/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
@@ -494,7 +494,8 @@ unsigned long module_kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
+int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(const char *modname,
+				   int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
 					     struct module *, unsigned long),
 				   void *data)
 {
@@ -509,6 +510,9 @@ int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
 		if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED)
 			continue;
 
+		if (modname && strcmp(modname, mod->name))
+			continue;
+
 		/* Use rcu_dereference_sched() to remain compliant with the sparse tool */
 		preempt_disable();
 		kallsyms = rcu_dereference_sched(mod->kallsyms);
@@ -525,6 +529,13 @@ int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
 			if (ret != 0)
 				goto out;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * The given module is found, the subsequent modules do not
+		 * need to be compared.
+		 */
+		if (modname)
+			break;
 	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 23ce498bca975bb317c5c0627533f8999575e893..095f7f8d34a1d7fd51fe5646ad954e3b316a9db7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ static int get_modules_for_addrs(struct module ***mods, unsigned long *addrs, u3
 	int err;
 
 	/* We return either err < 0 in case of error, ... */
-	err = module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(module_callback, &args);
+	err = module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(NULL, module_callback, &args);
 	if (err) {
 		kprobe_multi_put_modules(args.mods, args.mods_cnt);
 		kfree(args.mods);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 442438b93fe98040349ec5c33161c1d550212e5c..d249a55d9005765b8042669fd877c8c25dfaa241 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -8324,7 +8324,7 @@ int ftrace_lookup_symbols(const char **sorted_syms, size_t cnt, unsigned long *a
 	found_all = kallsyms_on_each_symbol(kallsyms_callback, &args);
 	if (found_all)
 		return 0;
-	found_all = module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(kallsyms_callback, &args);
+	found_all = module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(NULL, kallsyms_callback, &args);
 	return found_all ? 0 : -ESRCH;
 }