diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c2e13fc9b5cb..06f876cc60b3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fe8d0a41081d6d0912386f3672ccc0bf1d675630
+refs/heads/master: 0fa3a88cfdfc910d7f335aef588edf9819c05d54
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 8cc70612984c..df6e6286a065 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname, unsigned int kernel)
 		if (!mod) {
 			if (is_vmlinux(modname))
 				have_vmlinux = 1;
-			mod = new_module(NOFAIL(strdup(modname)));
+			mod = new_module(modname);
 			mod->skip = 1;
 		}
 		s = sym_add_exported(symname, mod, export_no(export));
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ static void read_markers(const char *fname)
 
 		mod = find_module(modname);
 		if (!mod) {
-			mod = new_module(NOFAIL(strdup(modname)));
+			mod = new_module(modname);
 			mod->skip = 1;
 		}
 		if (is_vmlinux(modname)) {