diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 74f4b3bb7961d1300427d80914242be4e8c1a5bb..de6e42040d75ff2c11b01b0c776a1422373a7e22 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ static int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, char *str)
 	data->d_buf = str;
 	data->d_size = strlen(str) + 1;
 	data->d_align = 1;
+	data->d_type = ELF_T_SYM;
 
 	len = strtab->len;
 	strtab->len += data->d_size;