diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 2fa58fbbd10b..6e892c93d104 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -211,13 +211,11 @@ static struct symbol *new_symbol(const char *name, struct module *module,
 				 enum export export)
 {
 	unsigned int hash;
-	struct symbol *new;
 
 	hash = tdb_hash(name) % SYMBOL_HASH_SIZE;
-	new = symbolhash[hash] = alloc_symbol(name, 0, symbolhash[hash]);
-	new->module = module;
-	new->export = export;
-	return new;
+	symbolhash[hash] = alloc_symbol(name, 0, symbolhash[hash]);
+
+	return symbolhash[hash];
 }
 
 static struct symbol *find_symbol(const char *name)
@@ -392,17 +390,15 @@ static struct symbol *sym_add_exported(const char *name, struct module *mod,
 
 	if (!s) {
 		s = new_symbol(name, mod, export);
-	} else {
-		if (!external_module || is_vmlinux(s->module->name) ||
-		    s->module == mod) {
-			warn("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export was in %s%s\n",
-			     mod->name, name, s->module->name,
-			     is_vmlinux(s->module->name) ? "" : ".ko");
-		} else {
-			/* In case Module.symvers was out of date */
-			s->module = mod;
-		}
+	} else if (!external_module || is_vmlinux(s->module->name) ||
+		   s->module == mod) {
+		warn("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export was in %s%s\n",
+		     mod->name, name, s->module->name,
+		     is_vmlinux(s->module->name) ? "" : ".ko");
+		return s;
 	}
+
+	s->module = mod;
 	s->vmlinux   = is_vmlinux(mod->name);
 	s->kernel    = 0;
 	s->export    = export;