1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/x86-relocs.c b/scripts/x86-relocs.c
index 02914706e5b9..74e16bb15dc4 100644
--- a/scripts/x86-relocs.c
+++ b/scripts/x86-relocs.c
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ static const char * const sym_regex_kernel[S_NSYMTYPES] = {
 
 static const char * const sym_regex_realmode[S_NSYMTYPES] = {
 /*
+ * These symbols are known to be relative, even if the linker marks them
+ * as absolute (typically defined outside any section in the linker script.)
+ */
+        [S_REL] =
+        "^pa_",
+
+/*
  * These are 16-bit segment symbols when compiling 16-bit code.
  */
         [S_SEG] =