diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 784241f0fcb1..7e00d3c9a3c0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a95bcfac2b5f353f99c6a338d77eb5584ab35d83
+refs/heads/master: fd1db0a31319bd21c521b197ce17c557556b821b
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 757294b4f322..508c5895c680 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int check_section(const char *modname, const char *sec)
 		/* consume all digits */
 		while (*e && e != sec && isdigit(*e))
 			e--;
-		if (*e == '.') {
+		if (*e == '.' && !strstr(sec, ".linkonce")) {
 			warn("%s (%s): unexpected section name.\n"
 			     "The (.[number]+) following section name are "
 			     "ld generated and not expected.\n"