diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 964556e54bb2..79747be92e4f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fa220d89ad050cf5d970c0418ded019a80efedfb
+refs/heads/master: d1f25e6658943569f2713dfde1b9d74e2f6c7243
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 696d2a59e4b8..46660a4f9e22 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1299,7 +1299,8 @@ static void read_symbols(char *modname)
 		handle_modversions(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 		handle_moddevtable(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 	}
-	if (is_vmlinux(modname) && vmlinux_section_warnings) {
+	if (!is_vmlinux(modname) ||
+	     (is_vmlinux(modname) && vmlinux_section_warnings)) {
 		check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info, init_section, init_section_ref_ok);
 		check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info, exit_section, exit_section_ref_ok);
 	}