diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 07db4df185886b35ce805dc45800896ec6eb9658..43abae763b3b5e84f8fd17f051755f8267484aca 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -203,13 +203,11 @@ struct symbol *find_func_containing(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset)
 
 struct symbol *find_symbol_by_name(struct elf *elf, const char *name)
 {
-	struct section *sec;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(sec, &elf->sections, list)
-		list_for_each_entry(sym, &sec->symbol_list, list)
-			if (!strcmp(sym->name, name))
-				return sym;
+	hash_for_each_possible(elf->symbol_name_hash, sym, name_hash, str_hash(name))
+		if (!strcmp(sym->name, name))
+			return sym;
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -386,6 +384,7 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
 			entry = &sym->sec->symbol_list;
 		list_add(&sym->list, entry);
 		hash_add(elf->symbol_hash, &sym->hash, sym->idx);
+		hash_add(elf->symbol_name_hash, &sym->name_hash, str_hash(sym->name));
 	}
 
 	if (stats)
@@ -524,6 +523,7 @@ struct elf *elf_read(const char *name, int flags)
 	memset(elf, 0, sizeof(*elf));
 
 	hash_init(elf->symbol_hash);
+	hash_init(elf->symbol_name_hash);
 	hash_init(elf->section_hash);
 	hash_init(elf->section_name_hash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&elf->sections);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/elf.h
index d18f466829b061678d2674cbadeeaa765132d602..3088d925d6408de950d4c8914c7cef44050691b6 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct rb_node node;
 	struct hlist_node hash;
+	struct hlist_node name_hash;
 	GElf_Sym sym;
 	struct section *sec;
 	char *name;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ struct elf {
 	char *name;
 	struct list_head sections;
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(symbol_hash, 20);
+	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(symbol_name_hash, 20);
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(section_hash, 16);
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(section_name_hash, 16);
 };