diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 618ed6e23ecc..e058aedf6b93 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2092,7 +2092,8 @@ static unsigned long mod_find_symname(struct module *mod, const char *name)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < mod->num_symtab; i++)
-		if (strcmp(name, mod->strtab+mod->symtab[i].st_name) == 0)
+		if (strcmp(name, mod->strtab+mod->symtab[i].st_name) == 0 &&
+		    mod->symtab[i].st_info != 'U')
 			return mod->symtab[i].st_value;
 	return 0;
 }