diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 1f90961ada77..a4be8e112bb6 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ static int add_versions(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
 				s->name, mod->name);
 			continue;
 		}
-		buf_printf(b, "\t{ %#8x, VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(%s) },\n",
+		buf_printf(b, "\t{ %#8x, __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(%s) },\n",
 			   s->crc, s->name);
 	}