1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
index d17b7a2b941f..4a350816a9e8 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static enum symbol_type map_to_ns(enum symbol_type t)
         return t;
 }
 
-struct symbol *find_symbol(const char *name, enum symbol_type ns)
+struct symbol *find_symbol(const char *name, enum symbol_type ns, int exact)
 {
         unsigned long h = crc32(name) % HASH_BUCKETS;
         struct symbol *sym;
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ struct symbol *find_symbol(const char *name, enum symbol_type ns)
                     sym->is_declared)
                         break;
 
+        if (exact && sym && sym->type != ns)
+                return NULL;
         return sym;
 }
 
@@ -511,7 +513,7 @@ static unsigned long expand_and_crc_sym(struct symbol *sym, unsigned long crc)
                         break;
 
                 case SYM_TYPEDEF:
-                        subsym = find_symbol(cur->string, cur->tag);
+                        subsym = find_symbol(cur->string, cur->tag, 0);
                         /* FIXME: Bad reference files can segfault here. */
                         if (subsym->expansion_trail) {
                                 if (flag_dump_defs)
@@ -528,7 +530,7 @@ static unsigned long expand_and_crc_sym(struct symbol *sym, unsigned long crc)
                 case SYM_STRUCT:
                 case SYM_UNION:
                 case SYM_ENUM:
-                        subsym = find_symbol(cur->string, cur->tag);
+                        subsym = find_symbol(cur->string, cur->tag, 0);
                         if (!subsym) {
                                 struct string_list *n;
 
@@ -582,7 +584,7 @@ void export_symbol(const char *name)
 {
         struct symbol *sym;
 
-        sym = find_symbol(name, SYM_NORMAL);
+        sym = find_symbol(name, SYM_NORMAL, 0);
         if (!sym)
                 error_with_pos("export undefined symbol %s", name);
         else {