1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
index 4f8a3007e457..c249274e005a 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                         }
                         fputs(sym->name, dumpfile);
                         putc(' ', dumpfile);
+                        if (sym->is_extern)
+                                fputs("extern ", dumpfile);
                         print_list(dumpfile, sym->defn);
                         putc('\n', dumpfile);