diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 01c2e7381d14..5bd31b7ca2d8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 41370d3b5ec6401c5cf0df82297ed989c03a64bd
+refs/heads/master: 8ea80ca4f583e377c902811d42626ccfce16913f
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index a7360c379cba..eeaf57476820 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -576,11 +576,11 @@ static void check_sec_ref(struct module *mod, const char *modname,
 			r.r_offset = TO_NATIVE(rela->r_offset);
 			r.r_info   = TO_NATIVE(rela->r_info);
 			sym = elf->symtab_start + ELF_R_SYM(r.r_info);
-			secname = secstrings + sechdrs[sym->st_shndx].sh_name;
 			/* Skip special sections */
 			if (sym->st_shndx >= SHN_LORESERVE)
 				continue;
 
+			secname = secstrings + sechdrs[sym->st_shndx].sh_name;
 			if (section(secname))
 				warn_sec_mismatch(modname, name, elf, sym, r);
 		}