diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ba7bb520c73f..aa13016eb665 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c6e665c8f0c18ab3686117905765b5139efd6ebd
+refs/heads/master: 9cb610d8e35fe3ec95a2fe2030b02f85aeea83c1
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/module.c b/trunk/kernel/module.c
index 599fc85bd2cc..784bf6d8f8c4 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/module.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/module.c
@@ -1961,6 +1961,9 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 		if (strncmp(secstrings+sechdrs[i].sh_name, ".exit", 5) == 0)
 			sechdrs[i].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
 #endif
+		/* Don't keep __versions around; it's just for loading. */
+		if (strcmp(secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name, "__versions") == 0)
+			sechdrs[i].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
 	}
 
 	modindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,