diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index efff8078e39581349f72fd8fbe6e2c062e36d372..9466b6a2abae46c41ec1d4d4e06eb9001dc79608 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ static void extract_crcs_for_object(const char *object, struct module *mod)
 		if (!isdigit(*p))
 			continue;	/* skip this line */
 
-		crc = strtol(p, &p, 0);
+		crc = strtoul(p, &p, 0);
 		if (*p != '\n')
 			continue;	/* skip this line */