1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 7be43697ff84..ba4ebc4b346e 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -1415,11 +1415,10 @@ void handle_moddevtable(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
         if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) != STT_OBJECT)
                 return;
 
-        /* All our symbols are of form <prefix>__mod_<name>__<identifier>_device_table. */
-        name = strstr(symname, "__mod_");
-        if (!name)
+        /* All our symbols are of form __mod_<name>__<identifier>_device_table. */
+        if (strncmp(symname, "__mod_", strlen("__mod_")))
                 return;
-        name += strlen("__mod_");
+        name = symname + strlen("__mod_");
         namelen = strlen(name);
         if (namelen < strlen("_device_table"))
                 return;