diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 3f01fd9087308bb84564358101c5761b38368e1c..c4e7d1510f9dfd3136d80e63684b8dc764794950 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ static struct module *new_module(char *modname)
 	/* strip trailing .o */
 	s = strrchr(p, '.');
 	if (s != NULL)
-		if (strcmp(s, ".o") == 0)
+		if (strcmp(s, ".o") == 0) {
 			*s = '\0';
+			mod->is_dot_o = 1;
+		}
 
 	/* add to list */
 	mod->name = p;
@@ -587,7 +589,8 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 	unsigned int crc;
 	enum export export;
 
-	if (!is_vmlinux(mod->name) && strncmp(symname, "__ksymtab", 9) == 0)
+	if ((!is_vmlinux(mod->name) || mod->is_dot_o) &&
+	    strncmp(symname, "__ksymtab", 9) == 0)
 		export = export_from_secname(info, get_secindex(info, sym));
 	else
 		export = export_from_sec(info, get_secindex(info, sym));
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 2031119080dce2ac5d8ca63aeb967f0505cc5f74..51207e4d5f8bcae0add675e31cf579f28763d1d4 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ struct module {
 	int has_cleanup;
 	struct buffer dev_table_buf;
 	char	     srcversion[25];
+	int is_dot_o;
 };
 
 struct elf_info {