diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index cdd9098b603533f86e5fe1fb3c696feb2af70815..841f694752479ef54bfe290b7593262391d87fb7 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -417,9 +417,9 @@ static struct symbol *sym_add_exported(const char *name, struct module *mod,
 		list_add_tail(&s->list, &mod->exported_symbols);
 	} else if (!external_module || s->module->is_vmlinux ||
 		   s->module == mod) {
-		warn("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export was in %s%s\n",
-		     mod->name, name, s->module->name,
-		     s->module->is_vmlinux ? "" : ".ko");
+		error("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export was in %s%s\n",
+		      mod->name, name, s->module->name,
+		      s->module->is_vmlinux ? "" : ".ko");
 		return s;
 	}