1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 22dbc604cdb9..93bb87d0e17d 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,12 @@ static void find_extable_entry_size(const char* const sec, const Elf_Rela* r,
 }
 static inline bool is_extable_fault_address(Elf_Rela *r)
 {
-        if (!extable_entry_size == 0)
+        /*
+         * extable_entry_size is only discovered after we've handled the
+         * _second_ relocation in __ex_table, so only abort when we're not
+         * handling the first reloc and extable_entry_size is zero.
+         */
+        if (r->r_offset && extable_entry_size == 0)
                 fatal("extable_entry size hasn't been discovered!\n");
 
         return ((r->r_offset == 0) ||