diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 6085f5ef88ea..6e48c3a43599 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2293,12 +2293,17 @@ static void layout_symtab(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 	src = (void *)info->hdr + symsect->sh_offset;
 	nsrc = symsect->sh_size / sizeof(*src);
 
+	/* strtab always starts with a nul, so offset 0 is the empty string. */
+	strtab_size = 1;
+
 	/* Compute total space required for the core symbols' strtab. */
-	for (ndst = i = strtab_size = 1; i < nsrc; ++i, ++src)
-		if (is_core_symbol(src, info->sechdrs, info->hdr->e_shnum)) {
-			strtab_size += strlen(&info->strtab[src->st_name]) + 1;
+	for (ndst = i = 0; i < nsrc; i++) {
+		if (i == 0 ||
+		    is_core_symbol(src+i, info->sechdrs, info->hdr->e_shnum)) {
+			strtab_size += strlen(&info->strtab[src[i].st_name])+1;
 			ndst++;
 		}
+	}
 
 	/* Append room for core symbols at end of core part. */
 	info->symoffs = ALIGN(mod->core_size, symsect->sh_addralign ?: 1);
@@ -2332,15 +2337,15 @@ static void add_kallsyms(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info)
 	mod->core_symtab = dst = mod->module_core + info->symoffs;
 	mod->core_strtab = s = mod->module_core + info->stroffs;
 	src = mod->symtab;
-	*dst = *src;
 	*s++ = 0;
-	for (ndst = i = 1; i < mod->num_symtab; ++i, ++src) {
-		if (!is_core_symbol(src, info->sechdrs, info->hdr->e_shnum))
-			continue;
-
-		dst[ndst] = *src;
-		dst[ndst++].st_name = s - mod->core_strtab;
-		s += strlcpy(s, &mod->strtab[src->st_name], KSYM_NAME_LEN) + 1;
+	for (ndst = i = 0; i < mod->num_symtab; i++) {
+		if (i == 0 ||
+		    is_core_symbol(src+i, info->sechdrs, info->hdr->e_shnum)) {
+			dst[ndst] = src[i];
+			dst[ndst++].st_name = s - mod->core_strtab;
+			s += strlcpy(s, &mod->strtab[src[i].st_name],
+				     KSYM_NAME_LEN) + 1;
+		}
 	}
 	mod->core_num_syms = ndst;
 }