diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 5d554419170b7d54ec82ddb1d31093d3eab0aa7d..9ee9bf7fd1a2113bfb869cf53b6d26d2f0852455 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct sym_entry *s)
 	else if (str[0] == '$')
 		return -1;
 	/* exclude debugging symbols */
-	else if (stype == 'N')
+	else if (stype == 'N' || stype == 'n')
 		return -1;
 
 	/* include the type field in the symbol name, so that it gets