diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index ca4509b13400..3803449ca219 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ int unregister_module_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_module_notifier);
 
 struct load_info {
+	char *name;
 	Elf_Ehdr *hdr;
 	unsigned long len;
 	Elf_Shdr *sechdrs;
@@ -1318,12 +1319,12 @@ static int check_version(const struct load_info *info,
 	}
 
 	/* Broken toolchain. Warn once, then let it go.. */
-	pr_warn_once("%s: no symbol version for %s\n", mod->name, symname);
+	pr_warn_once("%s: no symbol version for %s\n", info->name, symname);
 	return 1;
 
 bad_version:
 	pr_warn("%s: disagrees about version of symbol %s\n",
-	       mod->name, symname);
+	       info->name, symname);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2913,9 +2914,15 @@ static int rewrite_section_headers(struct load_info *info, int flags)
 		info->index.vers = 0; /* Pretend no __versions section! */
 	else
 		info->index.vers = find_sec(info, "__versions");
-	info->index.info = find_sec(info, ".modinfo");
-	info->sechdrs[info->index.info].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
 	info->sechdrs[info->index.vers].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
+
+	info->index.info = find_sec(info, ".modinfo");
+	if (!info->index.info)
+		info->name = "(missing .modinfo section)";
+	else
+		info->name = get_modinfo(info, "name");
+	info->sechdrs[info->index.info].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2955,14 +2962,22 @@ static struct module *setup_load_info(struct load_info *info, int flags)
 
 	info->index.mod = find_sec(info, ".gnu.linkonce.this_module");
 	if (!info->index.mod) {
-		pr_warn("No module found in object\n");
+		pr_warn("%s: No module found in object\n",
+			info->name ?: "(missing .modinfo name field)");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOEXEC);
 	}
 	/* This is temporary: point mod into copy of data. */
 	mod = (void *)info->sechdrs[info->index.mod].sh_addr;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we didn't load the .modinfo 'name' field, fall back to
+	 * on-disk struct mod 'name' field.
+	 */
+	if (!info->name)
+		info->name = mod->name;
+
 	if (info->index.sym == 0) {
-		pr_warn("%s: module has no symbols (stripped?)\n", mod->name);
+		pr_warn("%s: module has no symbols (stripped?)\n", info->name);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOEXEC);
 	}
 
@@ -2990,7 +3005,7 @@ static int check_modinfo(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info, int flags)
 			return err;
 	} else if (!same_magic(modmagic, vermagic, info->index.vers)) {
 		pr_err("%s: version magic '%s' should be '%s'\n",
-		       mod->name, modmagic, vermagic);
+		       info->name, modmagic, vermagic);
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
@@ -3270,7 +3285,7 @@ static struct module *layout_and_allocate(struct load_info *info, int flags)
 	if (IS_ERR(mod))
 		return mod;
 
-	if (blacklisted(mod->name))
+	if (blacklisted(info->name))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
 	err = check_modinfo(mod, info, flags);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 30d752a4a6a6..48397feb08fb 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2126,6 +2126,7 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
 	buf_printf(b, "#include <linux/compiler.h>\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "MODULE_INFO(vermagic, VERMAGIC_STRING);\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "MODULE_INFO(name, KBUILD_MODNAME);\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "__visible struct module __this_module\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\".gnu.linkonce.this_module\"))) = {\n");