1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
index e61fe703197b..18384d9be4e1 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ static int create_orc_entry(struct section *u_sec, struct section *ip_relasec,
         struct orc_entry *orc;
         struct rela *rela;
 
+        if (!insn_sec->sym) {
+                WARN("missing symbol for section %s", insn_sec->name);
+                return -1;
+        }
+
         /* populate ORC data */
         orc = (struct orc_entry *)u_sec->data->d_buf + idx;
         memcpy(orc, o, sizeof(*orc));