diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c339d9eda4026f976d82bfb4d7e4e06825beffed..1018cd9ced715a29fcae0cade16ebb5ca61f4dde 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1372,7 +1372,6 @@ static int addend_mips_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
 static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 			 Elf_Shdr *sechdr)
 {
-	Elf_Sym  *sym;
 	Elf_Rela *rela;
 	Elf_Rela r;
 	unsigned int r_sym;
@@ -1415,11 +1414,8 @@ static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 				continue;
 			break;
 		}
-		sym = elf->symtab_start + r_sym;
-		/* Skip special sections */
-		if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
-			continue;
-		check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, sym,
+
+		check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, elf->symtab_start + r_sym,
 				       fsecndx, fromsec, r.r_offset, r.r_addend);
 	}
 }
@@ -1427,7 +1423,6 @@ static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 			Elf_Shdr *sechdr)
 {
-	Elf_Sym *sym;
 	Elf_Rel *rel;
 	Elf_Rela r;
 	unsigned int r_sym;
@@ -1474,11 +1469,8 @@ static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 		default:
 			fatal("Please add code to calculate addend for this architecture\n");
 		}
-		sym = elf->symtab_start + r_sym;
-		/* Skip special sections */
-		if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
-			continue;
-		check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, sym,
+
+		check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, elf->symtab_start + r_sym,
 				       fsecndx, fromsec, r.r_offset, r.r_addend);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 1178f40a73f3d494fceb250ba773294a5a3ea17d..b1e2d95f80478d7d3fd0278df56e88470f4053fd 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -151,11 +151,6 @@ struct elf_info {
 	Elf32_Word   *symtab_shndx_stop;
 };
 
-static inline int is_shndx_special(unsigned int i)
-{
-	return i != SHN_XINDEX && i >= SHN_LORESERVE && i <= SHN_HIRESERVE;
-}
-
 /* Accessor for sym->st_shndx, hides ugliness of "64k sections" */
 static inline unsigned int get_secindex(const struct elf_info *info,
 					const Elf_Sym *sym)