diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 03d96827d9e8..15d1dc4a7768 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 60eab877a9581b479c6c7d7913ce8070a0ace960
+refs/heads/master: ef894870c6c38580e540c29cfb22a827d54a950a
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c b/trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c
index e3902fb39afd..60dd3eb9366e 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/trunk/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -107,12 +107,8 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct sym_entry *s)
 
 	rc = fscanf(in, "%llx %c %499s\n", &s->addr, &stype, str);
 	if (rc != 3) {
-		if (rc != EOF) {
-			/* skip line. sym is used as dummy to
-			 * shut of "warn_unused_result" warning.
-			 */
-			sym = fgets(str, 500, in);
-		}
+		if (rc != EOF && fgets(str, 500, in) == NULL)
+			fprintf(stderr, "Read error or end of file.\n");
 		return -1;
 	}