diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
index 774a998dcf37..199ce72bf922 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
@@ -470,9 +470,9 @@ build.
 
 	The syntax of the Module.symvers file is::
 
-	<CRC>       <Symbol>          <Namespace>  <Module>                         <Export Type>
+	<CRC>       <Symbol>         <Module>                         <Export Type>     <Namespace>
 
-	0xe1cc2a05  usb_stor_suspend  USB_STORAGE  drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
+	0xe1cc2a05  usb_stor_suspend drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL USB_STORAGE
 
 	The fields are separated by tabs and values may be empty (e.g.
 	if no namespace is defined for an exported symbol).
diff --git a/scripts/export_report.pl b/scripts/export_report.pl
index 548330e8c4e7..feb3d5542a62 100755
--- a/scripts/export_report.pl
+++ b/scripts/export_report.pl
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if (defined $opt{'o'}) {
 #
 while ( <$module_symvers> ) {
 	chomp;
-	my (undef, $symbol, $namespace, $module, $gpl) = split('\t');
+	my (undef, $symbol, $module, $gpl, $namespace) = split('\t');
 	$SYMBOL { $symbol } =  [ $module , "0" , $symbol, $gpl];
 }
 close($module_symvers);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index d2a30a7b3f07..52f1152c9838 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ static void write_if_changed(struct buffer *b, const char *fname)
 }
 
 /* parse Module.symvers file. line format:
- * 0x12345678<tab>symbol<tab>module[[<tab>export]<tab>something]
+ * 0x12345678<tab>symbol<tab>module<tab>export<tab>namespace
  **/
 static void read_dump(const char *fname, unsigned int kernel)
 {
@@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname, unsigned int kernel)
 		return;
 
 	while ((line = get_next_line(&pos, file, size))) {
-		char *symname, *namespace, *modname, *d, *export, *end;
+		char *symname, *namespace, *modname, *d, *export;
 		unsigned int crc;
 		struct module *mod;
 		struct symbol *s;
@@ -2455,16 +2455,16 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname, unsigned int kernel)
 		if (!(symname = strchr(line, '\t')))
 			goto fail;
 		*symname++ = '\0';
-		if (!(namespace = strchr(symname, '\t')))
-			goto fail;
-		*namespace++ = '\0';
-		if (!(modname = strchr(namespace, '\t')))
+		if (!(modname = strchr(symname, '\t')))
 			goto fail;
 		*modname++ = '\0';
-		if ((export = strchr(modname, '\t')) != NULL)
-			*export++ = '\0';
-		if (export && ((end = strchr(export, '\t')) != NULL))
-			*end = '\0';
+		if (!(export = strchr(modname, '\t')))
+			goto fail;
+		*export++ = '\0';
+		if (!(namespace = strchr(export, '\t')))
+			goto fail;
+		*namespace++ = '\0';
+
 		crc = strtoul(line, &d, 16);
 		if (*symname == '\0' || *modname == '\0' || *d != '\0')
 			goto fail;
@@ -2516,9 +2516,9 @@ static void write_dump(const char *fname)
 				namespace = symbol->namespace;
 				buf_printf(&buf, "0x%08x\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
 					   symbol->crc, symbol->name,
-					   namespace ? namespace : "",
 					   symbol->module->name,
-					   export_str(symbol->export));
+					   export_str(symbol->export),
+					   namespace ? namespace : "");
 			}
 			symbol = symbol->next;
 		}