diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 2169feeba529..3127ad52cdb2 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ static int is_ksym_addr(unsigned long addr)
 
 /*
  * Expand a compressed symbol data into the resulting uncompressed string,
+ * if uncompressed string is too long (>= maxlen), it will be truncated,
  * given the offset to where the symbol is in the compressed stream.
  */
-static unsigned int kallsyms_expand_symbol(unsigned int off, char *result)
+static unsigned int kallsyms_expand_symbol(unsigned int off,
+					   char *result, size_t maxlen)
 {
 	int len, skipped_first = 0;
 	const u8 *tptr, *data;
@@ -113,15 +115,20 @@ static unsigned int kallsyms_expand_symbol(unsigned int off, char *result)
 
 		while (*tptr) {
 			if (skipped_first) {
+				if (maxlen <= 1)
+					goto tail;
 				*result = *tptr;
 				result++;
+				maxlen--;
 			} else
 				skipped_first = 1;
 			tptr++;
 		}
 	}
 
-	*result = '\0';
+tail:
+	if (maxlen)
+		*result = '\0';
 
 	/* Return to offset to the next symbol. */
 	return off;
@@ -176,7 +183,7 @@ unsigned long kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name)
 	unsigned int off;
 
 	for (i = 0, off = 0; i < kallsyms_num_syms; i++) {
-		off = kallsyms_expand_symbol(off, namebuf);
+		off = kallsyms_expand_symbol(off, namebuf, ARRAY_SIZE(namebuf));
 
 		if (strcmp(namebuf, name) == 0)
 			return kallsyms_addresses[i];
@@ -195,7 +202,7 @@ int kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *, struct module *,
 	int ret;
 
 	for (i = 0, off = 0; i < kallsyms_num_syms; i++) {
-		off = kallsyms_expand_symbol(off, namebuf);
+		off = kallsyms_expand_symbol(off, namebuf, ARRAY_SIZE(namebuf));
 		ret = fn(data, namebuf, NULL, kallsyms_addresses[i]);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -294,7 +301,8 @@ const char *kallsyms_lookup(unsigned long addr,
 
 		pos = get_symbol_pos(addr, symbolsize, offset);
 		/* Grab name */
-		kallsyms_expand_symbol(get_symbol_offset(pos), namebuf);
+		kallsyms_expand_symbol(get_symbol_offset(pos),
+				       namebuf, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
 		if (modname)
 			*modname = NULL;
 		return namebuf;
@@ -315,7 +323,8 @@ int lookup_symbol_name(unsigned long addr, char *symname)
 
 		pos = get_symbol_pos(addr, NULL, NULL);
 		/* Grab name */
-		kallsyms_expand_symbol(get_symbol_offset(pos), symname);
+		kallsyms_expand_symbol(get_symbol_offset(pos),
+				       symname, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/* See if it's in a module. */
@@ -333,7 +342,8 @@ int lookup_symbol_attrs(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
 
 		pos = get_symbol_pos(addr, size, offset);
 		/* Grab name */
-		kallsyms_expand_symbol(get_symbol_offset(pos), name);
+		kallsyms_expand_symbol(get_symbol_offset(pos),
+				       name, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
 		modname[0] = '\0';
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -463,7 +473,7 @@ static unsigned long get_ksymbol_core(struct kallsym_iter *iter)
 
 	iter->type = kallsyms_get_symbol_type(off);
 
-	off = kallsyms_expand_symbol(off, iter->name);
+	off = kallsyms_expand_symbol(off, iter->name, ARRAY_SIZE(iter->name));
 
 	return off - iter->nameoff;
 }