diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7c6b3fc43146..2a79d3466693 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 022a4a7bbdefdedc2706a13c81c832d8c3173c6d
+refs/heads/master: 6f00df24ee394f345a8789d3a2f98fc1d9195b9f
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c b/trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 1f53d4fc4c1d..d591578bd3b2 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct sym_entry *s)
 	else if (toupper(stype) == 'U' ||
 		 is_arm_mapping_symbol(sym))
 		return -1;
+	/* exclude also MIPS ELF local symbols ($L123 instead of .L123) */
+	else if (str[0] == '$')
+		return -1;
 
 	/* include the type field in the symbol name, so that it gets
 	 * compressed together */