diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index e8a1e69eb92c5235735d42847e4f34b2e737a972..25d803148f5c6e0c9bb3109db1616a2e95fd4359 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -122,10 +122,14 @@ static bool ignore_func(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
 
 	/* check for STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD */
 	if (file->whitelist && file->whitelist->rela)
-		list_for_each_entry(rela, &file->whitelist->rela->rela_list, list)
-			if (rela->sym->sec == func->sec &&
+		list_for_each_entry(rela, &file->whitelist->rela->rela_list, list) {
+			if (rela->sym->type == STT_SECTION &&
+			    rela->sym->sec == func->sec &&
 			    rela->addend == func->offset)
 				return true;
+			if (rela->sym->type == STT_FUNC && rela->sym == func)
+				return true;
+		}
 
 	/* check if it has a context switching instruction */
 	func_for_each_insn(file, func, insn)