diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index c6fcc597b3be..1818c502007e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -56,23 +56,24 @@ _modpost: $(if $(KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL), $(modules:.ko:.o),$(modules))
 
 # Step 2), invoke modpost
 #  Includes step 3,4
+modpost = scripts/mod/modpost                    \
+ $(if $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),-m)                  \
+ $(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL),-a,)       \
+ $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-i,-o) $(kernelsymfile)   \
+ $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-I $(modulesymfile))      \
+ $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-o $(modulesymfile))      \
+ $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)$(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w)
+
 quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $(words $(filter-out vmlinux FORCE, $^)) modules
-      cmd_modpost = scripts/mod/modpost            \
-        $(if $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),-m)             \
-	$(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL),-a,)  \
-	$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-i,-o) $(kernelsymfile) \
-	$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-I $(modulesymfile)) \
-	$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-o $(modulesymfile)) \
-	$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)$(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w)
+      cmd_modpost = $(modpost) -s
 
 PHONY += __modpost
 __modpost: $(modules:.ko=.o) FORCE
 	$(call cmd,modpost) $(wildcard vmlinux) $(filter-out FORCE,$^)
 
 quiet_cmd_kernel-mod = MODPOST $@
-      cmd_kernel-mod = $(cmd_modpost) $@
+      cmd_kernel-mod = $(modpost) $@
 
-PHONY += vmlinux
 vmlinux.o: FORCE
 	$(call cmd,kernel-mod)
 
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 5ab7914d30ef..87e3ee56e87d 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ int have_vmlinux = 0;
 static int all_versions = 0;
 /* If we are modposting external module set to 1 */
 static int external_module = 0;
+/* Warn about section mismatch in vmlinux if set to 1 */
+static int vmlinux_section_warnings = 1;
 /* Only warn about unresolved symbols */
 static int warn_unresolved = 0;
 /* How a symbol is exported */
@@ -1257,8 +1259,10 @@ static void read_symbols(char *modname)
 		handle_modversions(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 		handle_moddevtable(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 	}
-	check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info, init_section, init_section_ref_ok);
-	check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info, exit_section, exit_section_ref_ok);
+	if (is_vmlinux(modname) && vmlinux_section_warnings) {
+		check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info, init_section, init_section_ref_ok);
+		check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info, exit_section, exit_section_ref_ok);
+	}
 
 	version = get_modinfo(info.modinfo, info.modinfo_len, "version");
 	if (version)
@@ -1626,7 +1630,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int opt;
 	int err;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:I:mo:aw")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:I:mso:aw")) != -1) {
 		switch(opt) {
 			case 'i':
 				kernel_read = optarg;
@@ -1644,6 +1648,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'a':
 				all_versions = 1;
 				break;
+			case 's':
+				vmlinux_section_warnings = 0;
+				break;
 			case 'w':
 				warn_unresolved = 1;
 				break;