1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index a7124f895b24..915775eb2921 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ info LD vmlinux.o
 modpost_link vmlinux.o
 
 # modpost vmlinux.o to check for section mismatches
-${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" vmlinux.o
+${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" MODPOST_VMLINUX=1
 
 info MODINFO modules.builtin.modinfo
 ${OBJCOPY} -j .modinfo -O binary vmlinux.o modules.builtin.modinfo